{"product_id":"chinese-famille-rose-erotic-dish-garden-lovers-ruby-floral-border-yongzheng-mark","title":"Chinese Famille Rose Erotic Dish, Garden Lovers within Ruby Floral Border, Yongzheng Mark, 20.5 cm","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"jp-product\" data-world=\"Japan Luxury Archive\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"jp-lede\"\u003eA Chinese famille rose display dish painted by hand in the well with a pair of lovers resting on a pink carpet in a walled garden, framed by a ruby-ground border of flowers, with five red bats around the reverse and a Yongzheng reign mark on the base. It measures 20.5 cm across and is offered to adult collectors only.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eThe Piece\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChinese erotic painting, known as chunhua or spring pictures, was given to newly married couples and kept for private viewing; on porcelain the scene was often set in the well of a dish and encircled with flowers, so that it showed itself only when the dish was taken down. Here a couple in a lilac robe and a blue sash recline on a magenta carpet beside a bolster and a covered jar, before a garden wall with a moon gate and a red pavilion beyond.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe wide border is enamelled on a ruby ground with chrysanthemum, peony and scrolling leaves in pink, lilac, blue and yellow. On the reverse five red bats, a rebus for the five blessings, fly around the cavetto, and the base carries a six-character mark of the Yongzheng emperor in underglaze blue within double rings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eDetails\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"jp-details\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eType:\u003c\/strong\u003e Display dish, famille rose (fencai) enamels on porcelain\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSubject:\u003c\/strong\u003e Lovers on a carpet in a walled garden\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBorder:\u003c\/strong\u003e Ruby ground with chrysanthemum and peony\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReverse:\u003c\/strong\u003e Five red bats\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMark:\u003c\/strong\u003e Six-character Yongzheng reign mark in underglaze blue\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDiameter:\u003c\/strong\u003e 20.5 cm (8.1 in)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eHeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e 4.2 cm (1.7 in)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e 435 g\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eCondition\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFree of notable damage.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGentle surface wear consistent with age and handling.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSmall dark marks of grit and wear on the unglazed foot ring.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCondition grade \u003cstrong\u003eA (excellent)\u003c\/strong\u003e on the Japanese scale; see \u003ca href=\"\/fr\/blogs\/news\/japanese-condition-ranks-explained\"\u003eJapanese condition ranks, explained\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAuthenticity \u0026amp; Care\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOffered as Qing dynasty porcelain bearing a Yongzheng mark. Reign marks were widely applied in later periods, and the Desk does not confirm the dish as of the Yongzheng reign; it is the photographs show it. Dust with a soft dry cloth and keep away from the dishwasher.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eDelivery from Japan\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe dish is wrapped by hand in Japan, cushioned in a fitted inner box inside a double carton, and shipped insured and tracked by EMS or an equivalent express service. Import duties and taxes, where applicable, are payable on arrival. Every sale is final; please ask anything you wish to know before you buy, and see our \u003ca href=\"\/fr\/policies\/refund-policy\"\u003epublished policy\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"jp-closing\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eConsidered offers are welcome through Send an Offer, and each one is reviewed personally. 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