Title
Dish
Year/Period
19th-20th centuries
Region
Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province, China
Dimension
Object size: H: 3.6,
x Dia: 19.5 cm
x Dia: 19.5 cm
Accession No.
1995-03421
Collection of
This dish is decorated in 'famille rose' palette of colourful enamels. On the interior are panels reserved against a lime-green enamel containing floral and foliage motifs and a scene with three figures in a garden setting. Butterflies appear between the panels. The dish belongs to a group of Canton enamels where the ceramic body is believed to have been made at the Jingdezhen kilns and the enamel decoration added on at the city in Guangzhou. It reflects European tastes as most Canton enamel ware was meant for export to the West.The term famille rose was coined by Europeans to refer to an enamel palette in which opaque pink is the predominant colour among a palette of colours.
