Caption

Plate, pheasants, ceramics, Chinese art, Chinese culture, Qing 1644–1911 style, monochromatic decoration, yellow; the mirror depicts a pheasant. Yellow glaze, finely crackled, engraved decoration, late 19th century, China, vessel; height 2.5 cm, diameter 14.6 cm., A round shallow dish with a smooth rim shown against a gray background, the dish is a warm mustard yellow with subtle darker speckling and a faint glazed sheen; inside the dish a lightly incised circular design depicts a stylized natural scene with flowing curved lines suggesting large leaves or fronds and rounded forms resembling a group of broad leaves or petals, with a few delicate linear marks indicating texture; the incised lines are slightly darker than the dish surface, and there are subtle variations of yellow and tan across the piece.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A27_191

License type

Rights managed

Available size

95.4Mb (1.6Mb) / 19.2in x 19.2in / 5773 x 5773 (300dpi)

Keywords

Plate pheasants ceramics Chinese art Chinese culture Qing 1644–1911 style monochromatic decoration yellow mirror depicts pheasant Yellow glaze finely crackled engraved decoration late 19th century China vessel height 2.5 cm diameter 14.6 cm round shallow dish smooth rim shown gray background dish warm mustard yellow subtle darker speckling faint glazed sheen inside lightly incised circular design depicts stylized natural scene flowing curved lines suggesting large leaves fronds rounded forms resembling group broad leaves petals delicate linear marks indicating texture incised lines slightly darker dish surface subtle variations tan across piece.