18th Moustiers Ferrat Factory Ceramic Plate, After Jb Pillement Models

18th Moustiers FERRAT factory / workshop ceramic plate, decorated with chinese

Earthenware dish circular shape with polylobed edge. Decoration in polychromy of small fire,

A first white enamel firing allowed the selection of plates with little or any defect, and a second firing at a lower temperature permit the use of a wider range of colors large and different tan older technics.

FERRAT factory / workshop in Moustiers, decoration featuring several Chinese people on terraces consisting of branches and tiers, in the manner of Jean-Baptiste Pillement (Lyon 1728 - Lyon 1808) whose work and decorative aesthetics will be disseminated through his paintings and numerous engravings.This taste for 'chinoiseries' will thus be found in all decorative arts , but in particular for gilded bronzes, for inlaid or marquettery decorations of furniture, or even the painting of woodwork, wallpaper...

Please check my other annoucements about a very rareand large Louis XV period hand painted wallpaper using this type of chineses people in small pagodas perched on branchesusing this type of decor.

We will notice here an funny detail in this thema with one of the Chinese character rapped by the flight of a fantastic bird -a feng huang ?

The parrots perched in a branch drawn on the wing is quite frequent for these ceramic plates by Ferrat.

This plate on sale could also form a very interesting pendant with another earthenware plate from the same factory and from the same period - circa 1780, and with a theme similar to Chinese.
Please check last photo.

Size 24cm diameter
Condition: some slight enamel swings on border (the marli) periphery, no cracks and any restoration.
(This conservation defect is frequent on the pink color for double fire ceramics, which can wear out in the decoration, but which is not here.)