Description:
One of a set of six small, dessert-size plates with reticulated rims decorated in the 'Rose Medallion' or 'Canton Famille Rose' pattern in pink, green, red, blue, yellow, black, and gilding. These types of porcelains are renowned for their ornate use of polychrome enamels and gilding, and their depictions of figures in a variety of settings, birds, butterflies, flowers, etc. Collectors often refer to these wares as 'Rose Medallion' (usually birds, flowers, butterflies and Chinese figures arranged in four or more panels around a center medallion with a similar design) and/or 'Rose Mandarin' (usually one or more figures within a border of flowers, fruits and butterflies), or collectively as 'Canton Famille Rose.' Designed by the Chinese exclusively for the export market, the patterns for both Rose Mandarin and Medallion were derived from 18th century floral and figural designs on 'famille rose' porcelains and those porcelains made for the Western markets in the second half of the 18th century. These Rose Mandarin and Medallion patterns, fully developed by 1800, reached the peak of popularity in the 1820s and 1830s when the quality began to decline; the patterns remained in demand throughout the century but the quality was often very poor by the 1850s. Potter Inv. #630.
Subjects:
Pottery; Enamel and enameling; glaze (coating by location); polychrome; Porcelain Link to share this object record:
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