Objekt 4
Plate with chinoiserie decor
Description
Numerous Chinese figures move along the surrounding landscape strip. The flowers are too large in proportion to the squat figures, giving the depiction a fairy-tale unreality.
Object description
Manufacture Paul Hannong, Strasbourg, around 1745/48
Faience with mixed technique of sharp fire and onglaze
Gift of Dr. Alfred E. Sarasin, Basel
Inv. 1992.27.