Title
Plate with the arms of Oporto
Creator
Made in Jingdezhen, decorated in Guangzhou (Canton), China
Date
1800-1814
Label
#3700
Plate with the Arms of Oporto
Made in Jingdezhen, decorated in Guangzhou (Canton), China, 1800-1814
Made of Hard-Paste Porcelain
Gift of Lacy Crain and Jim Whitehead III
1982.2.1
Decorated with the arms of Dom Frei António de São José de Castro, the bishop of Oporto (1754-1814), Portugal, this plate comes from what must have been one of the richest and most elaborate Chinese armorial porcelain services ever made.
His arms combine both the secular and sacred; the shield shows the arms of the De Castro family, above which is a panel with gold stars on a blue ground, which is the insignia of the Carthusian order, and the arms themselves are surmounted by a bishop’s hat with tassels. Peeking out from behind the shield are a bishop’s staff and crozier.
This piece is on display in the Chinese Armorial Gallery in the Reeves.
Plate with the Arms of Oporto
Made in Jingdezhen, decorated in Guangzhou (Canton), China, 1800-1814
Made of Hard-Paste Porcelain
Gift of Lacy Crain and Jim Whitehead III
1982.2.1
Decorated with the arms of Dom Frei António de São José de Castro, the bishop of Oporto (1754-1814), Portugal, this plate comes from what must have been one of the richest and most elaborate Chinese armorial porcelain services ever made.
His arms combine both the secular and sacred; the shield shows the arms of the De Castro family, above which is a panel with gold stars on a blue ground, which is the insignia of the Carthusian order, and the arms themselves are surmounted by a bishop’s hat with tassels. Peeking out from behind the shield are a bishop’s staff and crozier.
This piece is on display in the Chinese Armorial Gallery in the Reeves.
Credit Line
Gift of Lacy Crain and Jim Whitehead III
Citation
Made in Jingdezhen, decorated in Guangzhou (Canton), China, “Plate with the arms of Oporto,” Museums at Washington and Lee University: Online Exhibits, accessed May 17, 2024, https://exhibits-museums.omeka.wlu.edu/items/show/305.