Period:Qing dynasty Production date:1736-1745 (circa)
Materials:porcelain
Technique:glazed, painted,
Subjects:bird
Dimensions:Diameter: 23.70 centimetres Height: 2.90 centimetres
Description:
‘Famille rose’ plate showing a Western couple. The plate shows a couple seated on a terrace, enclosed in an ornamental rococo frame with a central medallion which serves a long-tailed bird as a swing. The gentleman is playing the oboe, while the lady is feeding the bird. The rim is exquisitely painted with four Chinese landscape vignettes in rose-pink, within a flower scroll of white enamel.
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![图片[1]-plate BM-1963-0422.24-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Qin dynasty/Ceramics/mid_00357550_001.jpg)
![图片[2]-plate BM-1963-0422.24-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Qin dynasty/Ceramics/mid_00299701_001.jpg)
Comments:Harrison-Hall and Krahl 1994:The Western original for this scene has not yet been traced. The plate belongs to a rare type of early famille rose pieces painted in white enamel on the white porcelain ground, with details incised into the enamel, a technique known as ‘bianco sopra bianco’ (white-on-white) which evokes the effect of lacework. Other plates of this design are in the Costa collection, Lisbon, Portugal (Hervouet and Bruneau, 1986, no. 8.8), and in a private Brazilian collection (Veiga, 1989, pl. 131).
Materials:porcelain
Technique:glazed, painted,
Subjects:bird
Dimensions:Diameter: 23.70 centimetres Height: 2.90 centimetres
Description:
‘Famille rose’ plate showing a Western couple. The plate shows a couple seated on a terrace, enclosed in an ornamental rococo frame with a central medallion which serves a long-tailed bird as a swing. The gentleman is playing the oboe, while the lady is feeding the bird. The rim is exquisitely painted with four Chinese landscape vignettes in rose-pink, within a flower scroll of white enamel.
IMG
Comments:Harrison-Hall and Krahl 1994:The Western original for this scene has not yet been traced. The plate belongs to a rare type of early famille rose pieces painted in white enamel on the white porcelain ground, with details incised into the enamel, a technique known as ‘bianco sopra bianco’ (white-on-white) which evokes the effect of lacework. Other plates of this design are in the Costa collection, Lisbon, Portugal (Hervouet and Bruneau, 1986, no. 8.8), and in a private Brazilian collection (Veiga, 1989, pl. 131).
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