Chinese Export Rose Mandarin Porcelain Saucer Dish, Famille Rose, Circa 1810

Teatime Elegance: Chinese Export Famille Rose Teapot Stand ________________________________________ This charming Chinese Export Porcelain Teapot Stand i...

Vibrant Prosperity: A Famille Verte 'Flower Basket' Dish from the Kangxi Golden Age This magnificent Chinese Export porcelain dish, dating to the height of the Kangxi Period (c. 1700-1710), is a resplendent example of the famed famille verte (green family) palette. This enameling technique, characterized by its brilliant, translucent greens, yellows, and blues, reached its zenith under the patronage of the Kangxi Emperor, ushering in a golden age of ceramic production at the imperial kilns in Jingdezhen (Guest and Gray). Auspicious Symbolism and Design Mastery The dish is a feast of intricate design and rich symbolism, centered on an openwork beribboned basket of peony and lotus flowers. The flower basket motif is highly auspicious in Chinese art, being one of the attributes of the Daoist Immortal Lan Caihe, and symbolizes longevity and good fortune (Sotheby's, Lot 657, 2015). This meaning is powerfully reinforced by the inclusion of a central shou character (寿) in the basket, the Chinese ideograph for Longevity, a core wish in Chinese culture for a long, healthy, and prosperous life (Metropolitan Museum of Art). The presence of the shou character, often incorporated into designs for Imperial birthday celebrations during this era, underscores the dish's grand and celebratory intent. The radial design radiates outward with petal-shaped reserves in the cavetto, each containing detailed flowering plants issuing from rockwork, all set against a signature pale-green stippled ground (Dizi). The border completes the composition with an ornate pattern of green trellis-work punctuated by iron-red flower heads, alternating with oval panels containing various Precious Objects (Ba Gu), further emphasizing wealth and good fortune. This large dish, at over 14 inches in diameter, was one of the exquisite items commissioned for the European export market, particularly by the Dutch East India Company (VOC), where its vibrant colors and complex iconography were highly prized by wealthy clientele (Guest and Gray). The reverse, painted in underglaze blue with delicate floral sprays, maintains a link to the more traditional Chinese aesthetic. This piece is a tangible embodiment of the technical sophistication and artistic brilliance that made Kangxi famille verte porcelain...

Chinese Export Porcelain Pseudo Tobacco Leaf Oval Dish, Qianlong, Circa 1765 Circa 1765 This Qianlong period oval dish carries a rare variant of the most coveted of all Chinese Expo...

18th-century Chinese Export Porcelain Famille Rose Flower Basket & Butterfly Dish This Chinese export porcelain dish, circa 1765, is painted in famille rose enamels with a wicker flower basket at the center, filled with peaches, a striped melon, and a profusion of pink, purple, and lilac blossoms spilling over the sides. A large butterfly with iron-red and gilt-speckled wings hovers above it, and three further sprays of flowers and fruit are set around the remaining sides of the well. A gilt chain band encircles the well. The broad rim carries four cartouches of flowers and fruit within iron-red and gilt rococo scroll...

Rose Mandarin Chinese porcelain saucer dish. Vibrantly hued Chinese Export small saucer plate in pinks and blues and greens. China, circa 1820's ...

This is a finely hand painted Chinese Export porcelain saucer dish from the 18th century, Qing dynasty, Qianlong period, 1736-1795, probably closer to 1750. The dish is beautifully ...

Antique Chinese "Famille Rose" Porcelain Plate, Circa 1910-1920's.

Antique Chinese "Famille Rose" Porcelain Plate, Circa 1910-1920's.