Dish with “Mother Tutoring Her Child” motif in falangcai painted enamels, Qianlong reign (1736-1795), Qing dynasty

Dish with “Mother Tutoring Her Child” motif in falangcai painted enamels, Qianlong reign (1736-1795), Qing dynasty

• Image Number: K1B017097N000000000PAD
• Dynasty: Qing dynasty
• Category: Ceramics
• Function: furnishings
• Material: Minerals/Ceramics/
• Description:
  Skim a shallow dish with round feet. On the white ground, printed in blue, “Qianlong year system” four character Song typeface with two sides of the frame. Apply a uniform rouge color on the outer wall, and leave a line of white on the lip. The inner wall of the dish is decorated with broad band patterns of gold painted patterns of coiled chi, grass and lotus, and the center is mainly painted with figures: a woman in a high bun sits on a chair and teaches children to read. The women are well dressed. Antique utensils are displayed on the table. The landscape is horizontal on the wall, the curtains are tied, and the lakes, stones and bamboos are clustered outside the window. Obviously, it focuses on the bookish family. This enamel color painting is good at line drawing and halo dyeing. At the pleats and bridge of the nose, it is obviously intended to express the concave and convex stereoscopic feeling with dark and light colors. The painted houses also have the intention of far and near perspective. Although it cannot fully express the western sketch style stereoscopic feeling, the fine strength of the pen and the soft and harmonious color have made this painting a masterpiece of Qing Palace works.