Title

Famille verte-rose plate with cherry and butterfly, Qing dynasty, early Yongzheng period, 1723-1735. Artist: Unknown

Caption

Famille verte-rose plate in Chinese taste with cherry and butterfly, Qing dynasty, early Yongzheng period, 1723-1735. A famille verte-rose plate decorated in the Chinese taste with flowering cherry branch in the centre, and a butterfly and bee. There is a seal mark, possibly of the artist decorator or designer, in overglaze iron red. The reverse has a six character Chenghua mark but the piece dates to the early Yongzheng period.
Bath (England), The Museum of East Asian Art

Date

1723

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images

Reference

HRM19B73_080

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

18,0Mb (385,1Kb) / 9,5in x 7,4in / 2835 x 2217 (300dpi)

Keywords

nature animal tree fruit plant arts country branch cherry cherries insect butterfly China art Chinese color colour plate decoration location century porcelain pottery artefact dynasty cherry tree artifact qing dynasty glazed 18th century Eighteenth Century Museum of East Asian Art famille rose famille verte Yongzheng period object Unknown ceramic ceramic object