Painted enamel plate with phoenix decoration, Kangxi reign (1662-1722), Qing dynasty

Painted enamel plate with phoenix decoration, Kangxi reign (1662-1722), Qing dynasty

• Image Number: K1E000374N000000000PBA
• Dynasty: Qing dynasty
• Category: Enamel wares
• Function: Container
• Material: Minerals/Metals/Copper
• Description:
  Copper tire, yellow sixteen petal flower phoenix pattern folding plate. The folding edge is painted with white ground and blue colored scrolls of grass, and the inner and outer low plate walls are painted with blue ground and multicolor grass leaf patterns and yellow ground and multicolor plate glass patterns. The center of the disc is a red round flower, radiating rhythmic wavy petals. Each petal is painted with one, four pairs of Ruifeng flapping their wings, dancing clockwise; The disc center and petals are carved into shallow relief, which increases the stereoscopic effect. The bottom of the plate echoes the surface of the plate. There are eight billowing leaves painted on the white ground. The leaf shape and veins are outlined in dark colors, and then rendered with yellow and blue glazes; In the bottom center, there is a white “Kangxi Imperial System” double round frame double line dark red regular script. One of the characteristics of the mature enamel works in the Kangxi Dynasty is that they prefer yellow as the base, which is rare outside the region. The shape and decorative design of this utensil are novel, the painting color scale is rich, the layers are clear, and the glaze is evenly and cleanly fired. It is an exquisite display utensil