Plate with a vase of flowers

Unknown

1700–1725 · Hard-paste porcelain painted with colored enamels over transparent glaze (Jingdezhen ware) · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Plate with a vase of flowers — Unknown

The vase, halberd (axe-headed weapon), and musical chimes on the plate’s central panel and rim are Chinese symbols carrying auspicious meanings: they form a rebus couplet suggesting "peace and good luck" (pingan jiqing) and "happiness and may all things be as you wish" (jiqing ruyi).

Artist
Unknown
Date
1700–1725
Medium
Hard-paste porcelain painted with colored enamels over transparent glaze (Jingdezhen ware)
Culture
Chinese, for European market
Department
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Credit line
The Hans Syz Collection, Gift of Stephan B. Syz and John D. Syz, 1995
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