Product Details

Classic Rose Medallion in miniature: alternating panels of court figures and rose-and-bird gardens spinning around a central medallion, hand-painted in the signature pink, green, and iron-red palette with gilt accents and a gilt rim. The export pattern that anchors a Crazed for Canton chinoiserie shelf. SPECS: Diameter: approx 5.5 in - Color & body: hand-painted famille rose enamels with gilt on porcelain - Pattern: Rose Medallion (figural and floral panels around a central medallion) - Rim: gilt - Origin: China - Backstamp: iron-red four-character Qianlong-style mark (apocryphal reign mark) - Date: mid-20th century. HISTORY: Rose Medallion is the most beloved of all Chinese export patterns, made in and around Canton (Guangzhou) since the early 1800s and hand-painted ever since in the famille rose palette. This small plate carries an iron-red four-character Qianlong-style mark, an apocryphal reign mark used decoratively on twentieth-century export wares as an homage to the great Qing reigns rather than a date, placing this piece in the mid-twentieth-century Canton-style export tradition. A bright, collectible decorative plate. CONDITION: Lively hand-painted enamels with gilt; some age-appropriate gilt wear at the rim and center, consistent with use. Pre-owned.