清乾隆 景德鎮窯粉彩玉堂富貴瓶|Vase with peony and magnolia

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late 18th century · Porcelain painted in overglaze polychrome enamels (Jingdezhen ware) · Asian Art

The delicate pink in this painting illustrates the development of new colors in the eighteenth century. Opaque white derived from a lead arsenite and pale pink tinted with bits of gold were added to the palette and combined with existing colors to create a range of hues on the flowers. In traditional Chinese art, peony and magnolia is a classic combination symbolizing grace and fortune.

Artist

Unknown

Date

late 18th century

Medium

Porcelain painted in overglaze polychrome enamels (Jingdezhen ware)

Culture

China

Department

Asian Art

Credit line

Bequest of Benjamin Altman, 1913