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Famille rose plate
Chinese export
Qianlong period
about 1750
Medium/Technique
Hard-paste porcelain, colored enamels
Dimensions
Diameter: 27.5 cm (10 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
The G. Ephis Collection—Museum purchase with funds donated anonymously, Charles Bain Hoyt Fund, John H. and Ernestine A. Payne Fund, Mary S. and Edward J. Holmes Fund, William Francis Warden Fund, Tamara Petrosian Davis Sculpture Fund, John Lowell Gardner Fund, Seth K. Sweetser Fund, H. E. Bolles Fund, and funds by exchange from the Kiyi and Edward M. Pflueger Collection-Bequest of Edward M. Pflueger and Gift of Kiyi Powers Pflueger
Accession Number2012.597
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DescriptionLarge famille rose plate with purple and yellow decoration on a white ground depicting pink flowers with white edges surrounding a vase resting on a tabouret. This motif may have been inspired by an unusual type of decoration known as "à l’échantillon" or "aux cent antiques," representing Taoist ritual.
ProvenanceUntil about 1959, Vandenbussche-Faucheur collection, Lille; 1959, given by the Vandenbussche-Faucheur family to the G. Ephis collection (private collector), France; 2012, sold by the G. Ephis collection to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 24, 2012)