Painted enamel plate with flower-and-butterfly decoration, Yongzheng reign (1723-1735), Qing dynasty

Painted enamel plate with flower-and-butterfly decoration, Yongzheng reign (1723-1735), Qing dynasty

• Image Number: K1E000683N000000000PAB
• Dynasty: Qing dynasty
• Category: Enamel wares
• Function: Container
• Material: Minerals/Metals/Copper
• Description:
  This copper body painting enamel yellow flower and butterfly pattern plate is full of royal atmosphere, and the yellow glaze ground is full of flowers. It is very gorgeous with the butterfly pattern called “Happy Meeting”. The shape of the instrument is a five flowered mouth type folding edge shallow plate with a short circle foot. The yellow glaze on the floor of the plate is strewn with colorful flowers, including peonies, chrysanthemums and roses, which are depicted in detail and realistically; Although the design of butterfly pattern is highly decorative, the texture description of butterfly is also very particular, with a lot of details. The wall outside the plate is decorated with blue glazed tangled flowers, and the bottom of the plate is decorated with double lines of Song typeface “made in Yongzheng year” in red with blue double side boxes on the white ground.