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    "localId": "441664",
    "label": "Fishermen Plate",
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{
    "id": "441664",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "Fishermen Plate",
    "description": "The plate shows four fishermen holding nets and creel. The plate was made during the Yongzheng reign known for its fine porcelain decoration in <em>famille rose</em> colors. Similar scenes of fishermen on paintings of the Ming and Qing period illustrate the popularity of the theme and its adoption by craftsmen and potters.",
    "date": "c. 1730",
    "citation": "https://clevelandart.org/art/2021.146",
    "rights": "CC0",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "wikidata": [
        "Q117246860"
    ],
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Ceramic"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2021.146/2021.146_web.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2021.146/2021.146_web.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2021.146/2021.146_web.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Diameter: 3.6 x 21 cm (1 7/16 x 8 1/4 in.)",
    "cul": [
        "China, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Yongzheng reign (1723–35)"
    ],
    "accession": "2021.146"
}

{
    "tec": "porcelain with famille rose enamel overglaze decoration",
    "tombstone": "Fishermen Plate, c. 1730. China, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Yongzheng reign (1723–35). Porcelain with famille rose enamel overglaze decoration; diameter: 3.6 x 21 cm (1 7/16 x 8 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund, 2021.146",
    "collection": "China - Qing Dynasty",
    "didYouKnow": "The labels on the plate’s base testify the plate was in the former Garland and the Morgan collections.",
    "citations": [
        {
            "citation": "Christie, Manson &amp; Woods. <em>Fine Chinese Export Porcelain and Works of Art</em>. London: Christie, Manson &amp; Woods, 1990.",
            "page_number": "Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 64, Lot 111"
        },
        {
            "citation": "Christie, Manson &amp; Woods. <em>The Dr Anton C.R. Dreesmann Collection, European Furniture and Chinese Export Porcelain: Including Clocks, Antiquities and Works of Art</em>. London: Christie’s, 2002.",
            "page_number": "Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 216, Lot 414"
        }
    ],
    "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/2021.146",
    "creditline": "Dudley P. Allen Fund",
    "updatedAt": "2026-06-10 19:51:45.403000",
    "imageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2021.146/2021.146_print.jpg",
    "sourceId": 441664,
    "dept": "Chinese Art",
    "coll": "China - Qing Dynasty",
    "med": "porcelain with famille rose enamel overglaze decoration",
    "thumbnail_url": null,
    "image_url": null
}

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