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Meat plate

Picture as described below.

Tin-glazed earthenware, made in Dublin, about 1770

This meat plate is decorated with two of the most commonly-used motifs in Chinese art, a peony flower and a hollow rock. It held a large joint of meat for carving at the dinner table.

Purchased, 1950