Caption

Platter, colored porcelain; Qing dynasty, Tongzhi period 1862–1874; China. Circular vessel, height 5.8 cm, diameter 24.5 cm. Decor: central mirror with the Taoist Taiji sign rendered as two stylized birds intertwined, surrounded by the Eight Immortals with their corresponding trigrams; outer rim decorated with Buddhist symbols., A shallow octagonal ceramic dish on a matching pedestal base, shown from the front on a reflective surface, with a pale celadon body and a gilt rim. The exterior features painted motifs in red, blue, turquoise, brown, and green, including a pair of stylized animal or fish figures with flowing turquoise lines, curving red decorative elements, and a linked knot-like design in blue and red. The pedestal has a band of green leaf-like patterns above a border of white and green wave motifs, and the interior rim shows a repeated geometric border in red with pale celadon on the dish floor.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A22_024

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Rights managed

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Keywords

Platter colored porcelain Qing dynasty Tongzhi period 1862–1874 China Circular vessel height 5.8 cm diameter 24.5 cm Decor central mirror Taoist Taiji sign rendered two stylized birds intertwined surrounded Eight Immortals corresponding trigrams outer rim decorated Buddhist symbols shallow octagonal ceramic dish matching pedestal base shown front reflective surface pale celadon body gilt rim exterior features painted motifs red blue turquoise brown green pair stylized animal fish figures flowing turquoise lines curving red decorative elements linked knot- design pedestal band green leaf- patterns border white green wave motifs interior rim repeated geometric border pale celadon dish floor.