Date: Yongzheng Reign period (AD 1723-1735), Qing dynasty

Dimensions: Height 39.5 cm, Diameter of mouth 10.0 cm, Diameter of foot 12.3 cm

Gift of Alice Cheng, 2004

• Object Type：
  • CERAMICS
• Tag：
  • jingdezhen ware vase famille rose peach bat yongzheng qing porcelain

Famille Rose is a new over-glaze color variety developed on the basis of Kangxi polychrome porcelain of the Qing dynasty. It first appeared in the late Kangxi period and reached its prime in the Yongzheng period. Famille Rose porcelain later took the place of polychrome porcelain and became the mainstream of over-glaze colors of the Qing dynasty. The Yongzheng and Qianlong periods saw the most exquisite Famille Rose porcelain. Qianlong Famille Rose is remarkable for its diversified styling, beautiful and elegant colors, as well as its novelty decoration, while Yongzheng Famille Rose is even superior for its clean body and moist glaze, beautiful shape combined with soft color and elegant pattern. The peach tree and bat pattern delicately painted with Famille Rose on this olive-shaped vase implies the auspicious meaning of ‘felicity and longevity’ by bat and peach. The pattern of this theme is commonly used on big or small dishes, but is rarely seen on an olive-shaped vase. There are very few olive-shaped Famille Rose vases handed down and this is the only one seen.

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