Platter, Chinese, huaniao style, 18th/19th century, China; porcelain platter decorated with birds, peonies and other flowers in colored enamel; vessel; height 4.6 cm, diameter 29.8 cm., A circular ceramic plate with a white background, decorated with a painted scene of a bird perched on a branch above a group of large blooming flowers and foliage; the bird is rendered in shades of olive green, brown, black, white, and a touch of yellow, and the branches are brown with buds in pink and red tones. The flowers are mainly pink and magenta with subtle yellow accents at their centers, surrounded by leaves in several shades of green and olive. The overall palette includes white, green, pink, magenta, brown, olive, black, and yellow, and there is a cluster of dark-colored calligraphic marks near the rim that are ignored as text. The composition fills most of the plate, leaving a band of white space near the rim, and the plate sits against a neutral gray background.
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Platter, Chinese, huaniao style, 18th/19th century, China; porcelain platter decorated with birds, peonies and other flowers in colored enamel; vessel; height 4.6 cm, diameter 29.8 cm., A circular ceramic plate with a white background, decorated with a painted scene of a bird perched on a branch above a group of large blooming flowers and foliage; the bird is rendered in shades of olive green, brown, black, white, and a touch of yellow, and the branches are brown with buds in pink and red tones. The flowers are mainly pink and magenta with subtle yellow accents at their centers, surrounded by leaves in several shades of green and olive. The overall palette includes white, green, pink, magenta, brown, olive, black, and yellow, and there is a cluster of dark-colored calligraphic marks near the rim that are ignored as text. The composition fills most of the plate, leaving a band of white space near the rim, and the plate sits against a neutral gray background.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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Platter Chinese huaniao style 18th 19th century China porcelain platter decorated birds peonies flowers colored enamel vessel height 4.6 cm diameter 29.8 cm circular ceramic plate white background decorated painted scene bird perched branch group large blooming foliage bird rendered shades olive green brown black white touch yellow branches buds pink red tones mainly pink magenta subtle yellow accents centers surrounded leaves several shades green olive palette includes cluster dark-colored calligraphic marks near rim ignored text composition fills plate leaving band white space near plate sits neutral gray background.

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