Caption

Platter, pheasants, flowers, colored porcelain, Qing style, Chinese art, Chinese culture, Qing 1644–1911, 18th–19th century Qing dynasty, China, vessel; height 5.9 cm, diameter 35.3 cm, A round ceramic dish with a pale white background decorated in green, red, blue, yellow, and brown pigments shows a central scene of a stylized stone pedestal rendered in green with leafy plants at its base, surrounded by flowering branches and foliage. Perched on the pedestal is a colorful bird with a long tail featuring red and yellow accents and blue markings on its body, while a smaller bird in flight appears nearby. Around the main motif are a few clusters of large red flowers, several sprays of green leaves, and a multicolored bloom with blue and yellow tones, all connected by slender brown branches and twigs against the pale surface.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A21_486

License type

Rights managed

Available size

84.5Mb (1.6Mb) / 16.4in x 20.0in / 4920 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Platter pheasants flowers colored porcelain Qing style Chinese art Chinese culture Qing 1644–1911 18th–19th century Qing dynasty China vessel height 5.9 cm diameter 35.3 cm round ceramic dish pale white background decorated green red blue yellow brown pigments central scene stylized stone pedestal rendered leafy plants base surrounded flowering branches foliage Perched pedestal colorful bird long tail featuring red yellow accents blue markings body smaller bird flight nearby main motif clusters large red flowers several sprays green leaves multicolored bloom yellow tones connected slender brown branches twigs pale surface.