Cabinet Plate
- Medium
- porcelain with enamel pâte-sure-pâte and gilt decoration
- Dimensions
- Overall: 2.5 x 22.8 cm (1 x 9 in.)
- Genre
- Ceramics
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Tags
America, New York
About
Pate sur pate or 'paste on paste' is a decorative technique for porcelain that involves painting primarily white clay slips on a dark background. After each layer has dried, successive layers are applied before being scraped and carved back to form the decoration in low relief.
