{"id":19868,"date":"2025-03-07T16:28:07","date_gmt":"2025-03-07T17:28:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/museu-angra.cultura.azores.gov.pt\/others\/historical-pieces\/aranhoes-plate\/"},"modified":"2025-12-31T10:43:46","modified_gmt":"2025-12-31T11:43:46","slug":"aranhoes-plate","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/museu-angra.cultura.azores.gov.pt\/en\/others\/historical-pieces\/aranhoes-plate\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Aranh\u00f5es\u2019 Plate"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-top\" style=\"grid-template-columns:auto 40%\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><p data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"391\">With the Portuguese Discoveries, pieces of Chinese ceramics began arriving in Europe in large quantities, influencing Portuguese faience, which in the 17th century developed its own decorative characteristics. According to Jos\u00e9 Meco, these derived \u201cfrom the intensive use of Chinese figures, motifs, and symbols, and the preferential adoption of cobalt blue painting on a white tin glaze.\u201d<\/p>&#13;\n<p data-start=\"393\" data-end=\"885\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">This influence of Chinese porcelain is clearly seen in the highlighted plate, whose center depicts a monk lying on a rock, his body shaded by a large parasol with undulating fringes. The decoration on the rim is also inspired by Ming porcelain, forming what are commonly called \u201caranh\u00f5es,\u201d in this case loosely interpreted representations of artemisia leaves, alternating with branches and peach fruits, which in China were considered auspicious, symbols of marriage, immortality, and spring.<\/p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sources cited | \u201cPorcelanas\u201d de Lisboa | The Charm of 17th-Century Portuguese Faience,<br data-start=\"86\" data-end=\"89\"\/>Jos\u00e9 Meco, in \u201cLisboa na Origem da Chinoiserie | 17th-Century Portuguese Faience, M\u00e1rio Roque Collection,\u201d S\u00e3o Roque | Antiguidades Galeria, n.d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Text: Ana Almeida<\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"630\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/museu-angra.cultura.azores.gov.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/banner-19.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12378 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museu-angra.cultura.azores.gov.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/banner-19.jpg 630w, https:\/\/museu-angra.cultura.azores.gov.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/banner-19-300x190.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the Portuguese Discoveries, pieces of Chinese ceramics began arriving in Europe in large quantities, influencing Portuguese faience, which in the 17th century developed its own decorative characteristics. 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