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This is an ornately decorated plate. The rim is predominantly decorated with a light pink geometric pattern interspersed with blue, gold, and green accents along the border. At the center, within a yellow outline, is the design of a bouquet of flowers inside a decorative vase on a white background. The flowers are in shades of pink, purple, and yellow, and are inside a scalloped blue border. There is also the design of a blue platter with what appears to be a group of various fruits in yellow, green, and pink.
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This is an ornately decorated plate. The rim is predominantly decorated with a light pink geometric pattern interspersed with blue, gold, and green accents along the border. At the center, within a yellow outline, is the design of a bouquet of flowers inside a decorative vase on a white background. The flowers are in shades of pink, purple, and yellow, and are inside a scalloped blue border. There is also the design of a blue platter with what appears to be a group of various fruits in yellow, green, and pink.

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 15.8 cm (1 3/8 x 6 1/4 in.)
Classification
Decorative Art · Ceramic
Accession number
1942.9.557
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

Sir Robert Meade, England. 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.

Inscription

on the interior in black overglaze enamel in a single column of clerical script characters: Lingman huizhi (a painter of Lingnan), followed by a seal in pink overglaze enamel: Bai shi (white stone)

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