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Introduced into the imperial workshops in Beijing and Jindezhen in the 1720s, pink and white colour enamels enabled decorators to incorporate a wide range of colours and surface effects into their designs. Porcelain of this type is known as <i>famille rose</i> in Europe and <i>fencai </i>[powdered colours] or <i>ruancai</i> [soft colours] in Chinese. The predominantly pink base of the dish was a popular style of the 1730s and 1740s and a few dishes of this type were produced for export.\n\nThe woman's high social status, cultivation and learning is reflected in the quality of the furnishings surrounding her and the elegance of her Han-style garment. Her role as a mother is indicated by two children playing around her while the entire representation shows distinctive similarities with idealised depictions of beautiful women ( or <i>Meiren)</i> in Chinese painting.       ","physicalDescription":"Dish of porcelain of saucer-shape. Painted with overglaze enamels in the <i>famille rose</i> palette. In the middle, reserved on a ground of network, is an eight-lobed panel containing a woman with two boys, one of whom is offering her a peach. The design on her skirt is engraved. Diaper border with three reserved panels, each containing scrolled rosettes. 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