Date:1700–1725 Culture:Chinese, for European market Medium:Hard-paste porcelain painted with colored enamels over transparent glaze (Jingdezhen ware) Dimensions:Diameter: 9 in. (22.9 cm) Classification:Ceramics-Porcelain-Export Credit Line:The Hans Syz Collection, Gift of Stephan B. Syz and John D. Syz, 1995 Accession Number:1995.268.77 The vase, halberd (axe-headed weapon), and musical chimes on the plate’s central panel and rim are Chinese symbols carrying auspicious meanings: they form a rebus couplet suggesting "peace and good luck" (pingan jiqing) and "happiness and may all things be as you wish" (jiqing ruyi).
Date:1700–1725 Culture:Chinese, for European market Medium:Hard-paste porcelain painted with colored enamels over transparent glaze (Jingdezhen ware) Dimensions:Diameter: 9 in. (22.9 cm) Classification:Ceramics-Porcelain-Export Credit Line:The Hans Syz Collection, Gift of Stephan B. Syz and John D. Syz, 1995 Accession Number:1995.268.77 The vase, halberd (axe-headed weapon), and musical chimes on the plate’s central panel and rim are Chinese symbols carrying auspicious meanings: they form a rebus couplet suggesting "peace and good luck" (pingan jiqing) and "happiness and may all things be as you wish" (jiqing ruyi).