ca. 1720
China
Object qualities
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Objecttableware: Plate
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Type of arts & crafts
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MediumHard-paste porcelain
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SizeDiameter: 8 7/16 in. (21.4 cm)
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Geography details
China -
Country today
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Dateca. 1720
Source of information
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Type of sourceDatabase “Metropolitan Museum of Art”
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Fund that the source refers toMetropolitan Museum of Art
Description
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The plate is one of a set of six showing Harlequin, in various poses, satirizing the speculation (“Bubble”) mania that swept France, Holland, and England ca. 1720