Chinese Export Canton Famille Rose Plate with Rare Central Peacock, ca. 1865
Chinese Export Canton Famille Rose Plate with Rare Central Peacock, ca. 1865
$1,895.00
Canton Famille Rose Plate, Qing Dynasty, Tongzhi Era, ca. 1865. The Central Roundel with a Polychrome Enameled Full Displaying Peacock, with an inner border to the cavetto of an all-over fruit and floral pattern with two butterflies on a gilded ground, the outer lip with a precious objects border, the reverse with iron-red Tongzhi mark (1862-1874). For a similar example, see the full-page color photo in Nadler.* *Daniel Nadler, China To Order: Focusing on the Nineteenth Century and Surveying Polychrome Export Porcelain of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1908). Paris: Vilo International, 2001, Digital Reprint with the assistance of the Winterthur Museum, 2012, p. 127.