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Subject:Mysterious Modern Cloisonne Plate Designed by 祝大年 Zhu Danian
Posted By: beadiste Sun, May 31, 2015 IP: 206.174.69.67
Before the Great Firewall blocked gmail messages, a Beijing friend was able to translate the inscription on the back of this cloisonne plate. His words:
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the characters on it are
the first row is "designed by Zhu da nian"
zhu da nian is the chinese designer's name
http://baike.baidu.com/view/225903.htm?
maybe this guy
the second row is Beijing special craftswork company
the third is "trial factory made"
so this means "manufactured by the trial factory of the beijing special craftswork"
you know all these titles of the factory and the company seem to be of that specific period of 1970-80s
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This is a very strange plate - the mechanical drawings are weirdly reminiscent of Dupont or 3M or Industrial Workers of the World logos or Soviet posters. And the grain in the border seems to be corn, not rice or millet?
The enamel colors are subtle and modern. The blue enamel on the back seems similar to that used by the JingFa factory.
Anyone have any thoughts on when this might have been made?
I thought perhaps it might be an artifact of the Cultural Revolution, 1966-76, as it certainly lacks any single theme that could be considered bourgeois revisionism - not a whiff of tradition Buddhist or floral or bird or landscape motifs.
Or is it earlier, when Zhu Dian was a professor at the Central Academy of Fine Arts? In the early 1950s there was much government concern and support for the revitalization of traditional arts in porcelain, cloisonne, lacquer, ivory and jade carving. Themes featuring peasants and workers were encouraged.
Or is it later, from the 1980s,when Zhu Danian was once again a professor in the decoration department of the Central Academy of Fine Arts? The JingFa factory was at its peak in the 1980s, with skilled staff, a new palette of enamel colors, and production facilities that could have accomplished the excellent work on this plate.
I'd love to hear some other opinions, if anyone cares to venture some.
Link :Zhu Danian page in Baidu
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