Page 174 - Chinese porcelains collected by Mr. and Mrs. Charles P. Taft, Cincinnati, Ohio, by John Getz

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A CATALOGUE OF CHINESt PORCELAINS

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Seven-bordered Egg-shell Plate, so-called "rose back": te^ ft light and
solid rose souffle ("rouge dor") enameling on the outer band, and its
face richly painted in soft-toned colors of the "famille rose" variety and
Yung-cheng palette.

The decoration consists oi so many b<>rders, in vaiying widths and fonns, minutely

drawn, and framing the c c^ire p '^Ht is in the shape of a foliated leaf, and

presents a lady of high ra ^ attirt, < IS seated; near her are two small children

whom she is watching or b- 'heir amusement: one holds a lotus flower (^ a favorite
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Chinese symbol, which a:
^ the season to be summer), and the other boy carries

a gilt toy (" Ju-i"), wand S. The various accessories are rendered in delicate and
accurate details, on a wh.
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it^eveals a most beautiful quality of porcelain, and

includes two large jars, a o -(^s, books, and other objects, notably a small vase

with varied articles used §* •f&dent, while a second vase, holding a coral stick

and two peacock feather I tat the family belongs to an official class, having a
bestowable by the Emperor.
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' ' blos-
' three-grade promotion

The seven borders .n

soms on a gold groun ?- ] by

a narrow band havi ! boriiei' wiiii conven-

tionalized dragon sc : blue-ground vignettes

with lighter blue aral >w scroll, finishing the top edge of

slope, is followed by Jelicate "Y"-shap.--' ' ' -

this band, with its st a honeycomb reti*

ground, that is also studded wii croUs, alternated by lour white re-

served medallions containing flow mutely depicted, notably the peony,

chrysanthemum, and aster, edged with a sm.ill ' i -pattern band.

1 he seventh and last border (horn the in&i^ir) bears a conventional Chinese arabesque

in gold, and finishes the rim, or outer edge, ot tKi» remarkable plate.

.Aiscribable to the period of Yung-chfing (1 723-1 735), when the carmine, or rose-

color (derived from the chloride of gold), and the half-tone glazes, were first invented.

Diameter, 8 '/i6 inches.

Height, I '/e inches.

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