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plate

human history
  • Other Name

    famille rose

  • Description

    Plate

    Made from porcelain, enamel paint, and gold gilt. A circular plate decorated in Canton famille rose style in polychrome enamel paints. The rim of the dish is decorated with a pink ground with medallion frames with scenes with red outlines or small flowers in pink, blue, and purple. The central design of the plate depicts a Mandarin with his family in front of traditional Chinese architecture Pair with K471, for export.

  • Place
    Guangdong/China
  • Accession Number
    1941.137
  • Accession Date
    1941
  • Other Id

    26312.2 (ethnology)

    K472 (ceramic)

  • Department

    Applied Arts and Design

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Images

  • plate, 1941.137, K472, 26312.2, Photographed by Denise Baynham, digital, 05 Feb 2018, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • plate, 1941.137, K472, 26312.2, Photographed by Denise Baynham, digital, 05 Feb 2018, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • plate, 1941.137, K472, 26312.2, Photographed by Denise Baynham, digital, 05 Feb 2018, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • plate
  • plate - front
  • plate - detail
  • plate - reverse
  • plate - detail

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