Plate

Peter Behrens · ca. 1901

Before you is Plate — a design object by Behrens, around nineteen oh one. Porcelain, fired hot enough to turn glassy all the way through, which is why it rings and why light passes through the thin parts. Somewhere in there: the concentric circles, and the grid pattern.

Medium Glazed and decorated porcelain · Dimensions 9 7/8 × 7/8" (25.1 × 2.2 cm) · Credit Gift of the Peter Norton Family Foundation

Hanging beside it in Gallery 516: "Giraffe" chair, Bowl

More by Peter Behrens here: Teapot