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The painting is of exceptional quality, with very fine linear treatment and detailing: the style and overall composition emulate court flower painting on silk.\r\n\r\nThe colour scheme used by the painter is known in the West as 'famille rose' (literally 'pink family'), because of the prominence of the pink enamel. This was one of several  terms coined in the 1870s, when Chinese Qing dynasty enamelled wares were all the rage in Europe and they were claaified according to their predominant colours, the other main categories being 'famille verte', 'famille jaune' and 'famille noire'. \r\n\r\n'Famille verte' ('green family') was the earliest and most common of these four 'families'. All the coloured enamels used - mostly green but sometimes also blue, red, yellow and aubergine - are transparent. The pink enamel and the opaque yellow, seen on this 'famille rose' dish, appeared in the 1720s, at the least. A relatively large number of Jesuit missionaries served at the imperial workshops at the time that this colour was developed and it has been suggested that they introduced the method for achieving a pink enamel to Chinese craftsmen, but this has yet to be proved.","physicalDescription":"Round plate, white ground with coloured flowers and peaches on a curved branch","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Unknown","id":"A1848"},"association":{"text":"","id":""},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"porcelain","id":"AAT10662"}],"techniques":[{"text":"enamelling","id":"AAT53773"},{"text":"glazing","id":"AAT53914"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"Porcelain painted in coloured enamels","categories":[{"text":"Food vessels & Tableware","id":"THES48952"},{"text":"Ceramics","id":"THES48982"},{"text":"Porcelain","id":"THES48907"}],"styles":[{"text":"Yongzheng","id":"AAT18484"},{"text":"Qing","id":"AAT18478"},{"text":"Famille Rose","id":"AAT254689"}],"collectionCode":{"text":"EAS","id":"THES48596"},"images":["2007BM7264","2007BM7269","2007BM7267","2006BE9908"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"145 (VA)","id":"THES49865"},"free":"","case":"49","shelf":"","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"Dish","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"Jingdezhen","id":"x32230"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"1723-1735","earliest":"1723-01-01","latest":"1735-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"Dr Henry Couling Bequest","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Diameter","value":"50.8","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"","marksAndInscriptions":[{"content":"'da qing Yongzheng nian zhi' written in cobalt blue on base","inscriber":{"name":{"text":"","id":""},"association":{"text":"","id":""}},"date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"description":"","interpretation":"","language":"","medium":"","method":"","position":"","script":"","translation":"","transliteration":"","type":"","note":""}],"objectHistory":"Bequeathed by Mr. Henry Couling, accessioned in 1907. This acquisition information reflects that found in the Asia Department registers, as part of a 2022 provenance research project.","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Dish, porcelain painted in coloured enamels, Jingdezhen, China, 1723-1735","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"Liefkes, Reino and Hilary Young (eds.) <i>Masterpieces of World Ceramics in the Victoria and Albert Museum</i>. 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The technology for this difficult colour may have been introduced by Jesuit missionaries at the imperial workshops.\r\n\r\nPorcelain, painted in enamels\r\n\r\nMuseum no. 719-1907\r\nDr Henry Couling Bequest","date":{"text":"September 2009","earliest":"2009-09-01","latest":"2009-09-30"}}],"partNumbers":["719-1907"],"accessionNumberNum":"719","accessionNumberPrefix":"","accessionYear":1907,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":["2019LP5666","2019LT5101","2019LW4508"],"recordModificationDate":"2025-04-09","recordCreationDate":"2006-09-21","availableToBook":false}}