Pastel butterfly plate

[pastel butterfly pattern disc]

pastel butterfly pattern disc, Kangxi, Qing Dynasty, height 3.5 cm, caliber 17.5 cm, foot diameter 10.5 cm
Skim the mouth, belly and circle the foot. Pastel decoration inside and outside the plate. The inner bottom is painted with a broken flower and a flying butterfly beside it. The inner wall is painted with three groups of symmetrical broken branch flower and fruit patterns, one group is peony and magnolia, one group is begonia flower and plum flower, and one group is broken branch peach. The outer wall of the plate is painted with broken branches, flowers and fruits and butterfly patterns, and the decorative outline is painted with ink color and red color, and filled with other color materials. The outsole is printed with blue and white regular script “made during the reign of Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty” in six characters, double lines and double circles
The pastel porcelain was first created in the late Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty. It is a new type of colored porcelain created and fired on the basis of five colors and under the influence of the enamel color production process. This plate is painted by flat painting method. The brush is simple, the color is thick, and the color scale is not rich enough, which shows the characteristics of the initial stage of pastel porcelain. This kind of plate can also be seen in the imitation of the official blue and white regular script “Da Ming Cheng Hua Year System”.

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