Dish with scene of a woman and children

China

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Qing-dynasty porcelains painted with overglaze enamels are often catalogued and dated according to the colors of their palettes using a system first devised in the nineteenth century by a French scholar. Porcelains painted in shades of pink are fittingly known as famille rose. In this dish—whose subject is the popular theme of a woman and children surrounded by luxuries—pink is used for the children's clothing and in one of the borders that frames the charming scene.

Dish with scene of a woman and children, Porcelain painted with overglaze polychrome enamels and gold (Jingdezhen ware), China

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Dish with scene of a woman and children, Porcelain painted with overglaze polychrome enamels and gold (Jingdezhen ware), China
Dish with scene of a woman and children, Porcelain painted with overglaze polychrome enamels and gold (Jingdezhen ware), China

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