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in one There is no class shows of
specimen. greater variety
decoration than the famille rose. From the boldly drawn rose
verte it ranges to the miniature painting to be found on the
eggshell dishes and plates. In considering the various sections
"
of this class, perhaps we had better with rose verte," as
begin
probably representing the first use to which this colour was put
on its introduction the
during Yung-ching (1723-1736) period.
Rose Verte.
It no doubt might be difficult to find a piece in any of the
sections of the rose class without some trace of green in the
decoration, but that fact need not lead to any confusion, as this
subdivision is easily recognized by its similarity to the famille
verte class, there being very little difference between the two
beyond the introduction of pink either in place of, or it may
be with the old iron red. It is the custom to call
along
such famille rose, because the in however small a
pieces pink,
quantity, is considered to show later origin than the famille
verte, made before the introduction of pink, one of the Jesuit
colours ; but there are so many descriptions of famille rose
that this is and it, therefore, seems advisable
very misleading,
to collect these into a section
pieces by themselves, under the
name of rose verte.
This rose verte section must not be confused with archair
mandarin. The as a rule, are more rounded, and the
shapes,
are dressed in the old of costume. The
figures style designs
are bolder than in the rest of the rose and resemble
family,
more the famille verte scenes.
No. 330. A vase with wide neck and
pear-shaped cylin-
drical stand. inches. No mark.
Height, 8f Undoubtedly
belongs to the Yung-ching (1723-1736) period. This vase is
decorated with the lotus and the Buddhist
pattern, eight
symbols in green enamel with other colours. Two of the
symbols are on the top part of the neck, two on the lower,
each separated by a lotus flower, and four on the body of the
vase, with a lotus flower below each. The lotus symbol, un-
is not shown in the but much
fortunately, photograph, is very
conventionalized, and has fillets like the other seven symbols.
Most of the similar to this to the famille verte
pieces belong
class, but this one is brought into the rose verte section by
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