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This is a decorative plate featuring two intricately painted birds amidst colorful flowers with a butterfly hovering above. The birds are mostly brown and white, with darker feathers along their backs. The area around them on the right is painted in green and blue, while the flowers are red and pink. The plate is adorned with a yellow border decorated with circular patterns that are interspersed with floral motifs and small decorative medallions filled with swirling shapes.
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This is a decorative plate featuring two intricately painted birds amidst colorful flowers with a butterfly hovering above. The birds are mostly brown and white, with darker feathers along their backs. The area around them on the right is painted in green and blue, while the flowers are red and pink. The plate is adorned with a yellow border decorated with circular patterns that are interspersed with floral motifs and small decorative medallions filled with swirling shapes.

National Gallery of Art · Decorative Art

"Ruby-Back" Dish

Chinese Qing Dynasty

Date
second quarter 18th century
Medium
porcelain with overglaze famille rose enamels
Dimensions
overall: 3.5 x 19.9 cm (1 3/8 x 7 13/16 in.)
Classification
Decorative Art · Ceramic
Accession number
1942.9.555
Credit line
Widener Collection
Time span
1701 to 1725
Department
CSD
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • Chinese
  • Decorative Arts. Part II: Far Eastern Ceramics and Paintings; Persian and Indian Rugs and Carpets
  • overglaze decoration
  • Qing
  • famille rose enamels
Provenance

J. Pierpont Morgan [1837-1913], New York. (Duveen Brothers, New York and London); sold 1915 to Peter A. B. Widener, Lynnewood Hall, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania; inheritance from Estate of Peter A. B. Widener by gift through power of appointment of Joseph E. Widener, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania; gift 1942 to NGA.

NGA object ID 1733. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.