Plate with a vase of flowers
The vase, halberd (axe-headed weapon), and musical chimes on the plate’s central panel and rim are Chinese symbols carrying auspicious meanings: they form a rebus couplet suggesting "peace and good luck" (pingan jiqing) and "happiness and may all things be as you wish" (jiqing ruyi).
Artwork Details
- Title: Plate with a vase of flowers
- Date: 1700–1725
- Culture: Chinese, for European market
- Medium: Hard-paste porcelain painted with colored enamels over transparent glaze (Jingdezhen ware)
- Dimensions: Diameter: 9 in. (22.9 cm)
- Classification: Ceramics-Porcelain-Export
- Credit Line: The Hans Syz Collection, Gift of Stephan B. Syz and John D. Syz, 1995
- Object Number: 1995.268.77
- Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
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ca. 1725–30
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