Dish with flowers, fruits, and butterfly

mid-18th century

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Encircled by a tightly arranged geometric and floral border, the center of this dish features auspicious fruits and flowers accompanied by a butterfly. Such openwork design is commonly found on both painted enamel on copper alloy and enameled porcelain in the mid-eighteenth century.

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清乾隆銅胎畫琺瑯花果舞蝶紋盤
Title: Dish with flowers, fruits, and butterfly
Period: Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Qianlong period (1736–95)
Date: mid-18th century
Culture: China
Medium: Painted enamel on copper alloy
Dimensions: Diam. 6 3/8 in. (16.2 cm)
Classification: Enamels
Credit Line: Bequest of Mary Clark Thompson, 1923
Object Number: 24.80.393
Curatorial Department: Asian Art

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