Page 501 - Chinese Porcelain Vol II, Galland

ROSE PLATES. 457

We have now come to what are known as
Rose Plates.
Most of them to the India-China section, under
belong
which in vol.
heading, i., Nos. 378, 379, 382, and 387 were
given as examples of this class. In the present instance care
has been taken to and select favourable and
try specimens,
often and dishes of great beauty are to be met with
plates
belonging to this division, generally in instances where the
has been made for use in China.
piece
No. 792. Dish. Diameter, 11 inches; height, 2 inches.
No mark. This is one of those pieces coloured in faint shades
of pink, blue, and other opaque enamels common about this
time. The eight panels on the sides are marked off by diaper-
work on pink, blue, blue-green enamel, and decorated alternately
with flowers and landscapes with figures. The subject in
the centre is the same as that found on Nos. 577, 705, and is
the third instance of this motive being employed that we
have met with in this series, which would seem to argue that
it must have been a favourite one with the Chinese.
No. 793. Lotus-shaped dish. Diameter, 10 inches ; height,
If inch. No mark. This is similar to the bowl, No. 403.
" The round this dish are said to be the
figures eight
immortals."
No. 794. Eose plate. Diameter, 15| inches; height,
2-| inches. No mark. Grilt edge, followed by a narrow band
of white and pink flowers on a green ground. On the rim,
in white enamel, are four sprays of bamboo, mixed alternately
with prunus and chrysanthemum. On the sides, in yellow
enamel, a fleur-de-lis band ; while, in the centre, enclosed in a
we have the four seasons the
sepia ring, represented by prunus,
paeony, bamboo, and chrysanthemum, with two quails (see page
in natural on a
96) painted colours, standing light green
This is a artistic and a somewhat rare one.
ground. very plate,
No. 795. A plate. Diameter, 15^ inches ; height, 1| inch.
No mark. The central decoration consists of lotus, with two
ducks in rose, green, brown, and the sides covered
gilt, being
with an opaque cream-coloured glaze on which the diaper is
traced in sepia. The decoration on the rim is the most telling
part of this plate. Here we have the old wave pattern, with the