This gorgeous 18th-century Chinese plate was meticulously hand-painted in the Famille Rose style during the Qianlong period of the Qing dynasty, circa 1770.
The center features a delightful scene of two ducks swimming in a pond surrounded by blooming lotus and water plants, all enclosed by a pink diaper band with ‘precious symbols’.
The ducks face each other and seem to smile.
This plate carries a symbolic message; in Chinese culture, Mandarin ducks are believed to mate for life, symbolizing a happy marriage.
In the Qianlong period, this plate would have made a perfect wedding gift, and it still would today!
The border showcases the ‘Eight Immortals’, some riding fabulous mythical beasts among spiraling waves and lotus flowers.
The colors are painted in exquisite Famille Rose polychrome enamels featuring
shades of pink merging into lavender pink and blue shading into light blue and turquoise.
Touches of grey, yellow, green, and light brown with gilt are framed by waveforms in bright white.
On the reverse of the plate are three traditional iron-red peony sprays.
Dimensions: diameter 8.75.”
Condition: Excellent
Price: $760
Ref: A very similar example was sold at Christie’s, London, European Noble & Private Collections Part II, 17 April 2014, lot 285.
Antique Chinese Porcelain Dish Hand-Painted Mandarin Ducks Qianlong, Circa 1770
$760.00
“This beautiful mid 19th-century Chinese plate was hand-painted in the Famille Rose style in the Qing dynasty, circa 1860. The plate depicts two Mandarin ducks swimming on a lotus pond. They look at each other and seem to smile. This is a happy plate with a symbolic message. Mandarin ducks are thought to mate for life. Therefore, in Chinese lore, they represent a happy marriage. In the Qianlong period, this would have been a perfect wedding gift! The plate is finely painted in exquisite polychrome enamels. We see pink shading into lavender pink and blue shading into light blue and turquoise. Highlights of grey, yellow, green, and light brown with gilt are framed by waveforms in bright white. On the border, we see the eight Chinese immortals, some riding wonderful mythical beasts. On the reverse of the plate are three traditional iron-red flower sprays. Dimensions: diameter 8.75.”” Condition: Excellent”
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