Period:Qing dynasty (1644–1911) Date:mid-18th century Culture:China Medium:Porcelain painted with overglaze polychrome enamels and gold (Jingdezhen ware) Dimensions:H. 1 3/8 in. (3.5 cm); Diam. 8 3/8 in. (21.3 cm); Diam. of foot: 4 5/8 in. (11.7 cm) Classification:Ceramics Credit Line:Bequest of Benjamin Altman, 1913 Accession Number:14.40.252 Qing-dynasty porcelains painted with overglaze enamels are often catalogued and dated according to the colors of their palettes using a system first devised in the nineteenth century by a French scholar. Porcelains painted in shades of pink are fittingly known as famille rose. In this dish—whose subject is the popular theme of a woman and children surrounded by luxuries—pink is used for the children's clothing and in one of the borders that frames the charming scene.
Period:Qing dynasty (1644–1911) Date:mid-18th century Culture:China Medium:Porcelain painted with overglaze polychrome enamels and gold (Jingdezhen ware) Dimensions:H. 1 3/8 in. (3.5 cm); Diam. 8 3/8 in. (21.3 cm); Diam. of foot: 4 5/8 in. (11.7 cm) Classification:Ceramics Credit Line:Bequest of Benjamin Altman, 1913 Accession Number:14.40.252 Qing-dynasty porcelains painted with overglaze enamels are often catalogued and dated according to the colors of their palettes using a system first devised in the nineteenth century by a French scholar. Porcelains painted in shades of pink are fittingly known as famille rose. In this dish—whose subject is the popular theme of a woman and children surrounded by luxuries—pink is used for the children's clothing and in one of the borders that frames the charming scene.