Chinese imari plate, Qianlong (1736-95)
Chinese imari plate, Qianlong (1736-95)
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Description
Chinese imari plate, Qianlong (1736-95), decorated to the centre with scholarly objects including a low table with brushpot, inkstone and scrolls, beribboned books, a ruyi-head sceptre and an archaic-form vessel filled with chrysanthemum, all amongst boughs of flowering peony with fruit and foliage; the wide rim with further vessels, including brushpots with scrolls and vases with coral and feathers in iron-red, amongst flowers and foliage; also with two fan-shaped cartouches containing rural views of lakeside dwellings in a mountainous landscape, in reserve against a band of blue ground with serrated leaf edges and scrolling lotus design; the reverse with floral boughs in blue and red.
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| Material and Technique | Porcelain with overglaze enamel decoration in the Imari palette |
| Origin | Chinese |
| Period | 18th Century |
| Diameter | 22.3cm. (8 7/8in.) |
Product REF: N360
