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Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory
Canard de Perse plate1767-1768

Not on view
Porcelain plate with cerulean blue rim, gilded scrollwork and floral reserves, and a central painted scene of a bird on a rocky ledge beside green foliage
Porcelain plate with turquoise blue border decorated with gilded scrollwork and floral cartouches; white central well painted with a duck in a landscape setting with grasses and shrubs.
Porcelain plaque with polychrome enamel decoration depicting a duck with purple head and mottled brown plumage standing on rocky ground, flanked by green reeds at left and a leafy tree with pink blossoms at right, on a white ground.
Unglazed base of a white porcelain piece, showing a blue painted maker's mark, two museum accession labels, and a handwritten inscription in French cursive script reading "Canard de perfe –"
Close-up of a white ceramic surface showing two underglaze blue maker's marks: a small diagonal stroke above, and a stylized crossed-swords or shield-like mark with a letter below.

Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory, Etienne Evans, Francois-Joseph Aloncle, Antoine-Joseph Chappuis, Canard de Perse plate, 1767-1768, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, William Randolph Hearst Collection, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Manufacturer
Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory
France, Sèvres, established 1756
Painter
Etienne Evans
Painter
Francois-Joseph Aloncle
Painter
Antoine-Joseph Chappuis
Title
Canard de Perse plate
Place Made
France
Date Made
1767-1768
Medium
Porcelain with glaze, enamel, and gilding
Dimensions
Diameter (Diameter): 9 5/8 in. (24.4475 cm) Height: 2 1/2 in. (6.35 cm)
Credit Line
William Randolph Hearst Collection
Accession Number
47.35.3.3
Classification
Furnishings
Collecting Area
Decorative Arts and Design
Selected Bibliography
  • Mills, Rosie Chambers. Eternal Medium: Seeing the World in Stone. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2023.