Caption

Plate. Cloisonné enamel decorative vessel, Plate with a brim. Turquoise-ground decoration with birds swallows, plant motifs, flowers, floral ornaments, plum trees; huaniao style; Qing dynasty 1644–1911, 19th century, China. Height 2 cm; diameter 14.2 cm. It is a pair with a slightly differing mirror-decoration counterpart., A shallow round dish with a low rim sits on a reflective surface, showing the dish's mirrored underside; the exterior rim features a bright turquoise background with decorative circular medallions and scrolling motifs in red, green, white, black, and gold, and a gold band runs along the base; the interior rim visible above shows a deep purple background with floral shapes in yellow, white, and green; the reflection repeats the turquoise, red, green, white, black, purple, yellow, and gold colors.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A25_494

License type

Rights managed

Available size

73.7Mb (1.1Mb) / 20.0in x 14.3in / 6000 x 4293 (300dpi)

Keywords

Plate Cloisonné enamel decorative vessel brim Turquoise-ground decoration birds swallows plant motifs flowers floral ornaments plum trees huaniao style Qing dynasty 1644–1911 19th century China Height 2 cm diameter 14.2 cm pair slightly differing mirror-decoration counterpart shallow round dish low rim sits reflective surface showing dish's mirrored underside exterior rim features bright turquoise background decorative circular medallions scrolling motifs red green white black gold gold band runs base interior rim visible deep purple background floral shapes yellow reflection repeats purple gold colors.