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ca. 1730 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Octagonal dish with flat rim, of porcelain, decorated in famille rose style with coloured enamels. Painted with a lady and two boys amid furniture; border of pinkish white lotuses with scrolling foliage, and detached blue flowers, on a deep pink ground.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain painted in coloured enamels
Brief description
Dish, porcelain painted in famille rose style with coloured enamels, China (Jingdezhen), Qing dynasty, ca. 1730
Physical description
Octagonal dish with flat rim, of porcelain, decorated in famille rose style with coloured enamels. Painted with a lady and two boys amid furniture; border of pinkish white lotuses with scrolling foliage, and detached blue flowers, on a deep pink ground.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 21cm
Styles
Credit line
W. W. Aston Bequest
Object history
Formerly in the Japanese Palace at Dresden
Production
register
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Kerr, Rose "What were the Origins of Chinese Famille Rose?" in Orientations, Hong Kong, May 2000, Vol. 31, No. 5, p. 53, Fig. 1
Collection
Accession number
C.1085-1917

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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