Asian Arts | Associations | Articles | Exhibitions | Galleries | Message Board

I'm curious about this plate; It looks like chinese porcelain but the style of decoration seems unusual. It is extremely well painted with great detail although there is wear to the decoration in places. The porcelain is quite thin and the plate is a bit warped and heavily fritted round the edge with an uneven glaze which makes me think it is quite old. I would be interested to hear any comments, thanks in advance.

Hi Jessica,

I think you have a rather rare Chinese plate. A pitty it's a bit damaged. The gritty rim makes me think of a dating of late 19th century.

Regards,

Arjan

I second Arjan's opinion. The potting, especially the low beveled foot with countersunk center, is quite typical of a mid-to-late 19th century plate, Along with the grit, the glaze also is consistent with that period.

The motif and palette both appear to reflect the Qianjiang movement in porcelain painting, which was underway in the late 19th century and peaked in the early 20th.

Perhaps an expert in Qianjiang porcelains would be able to identify your plate with a particular painter. I'm aware of one website with quite an archive of images of these wares, and have included the URL below in case you might wish to make contact for an opinion or just compare your plate against the archived images.

Best regards,

Bill H.

URL Title :Qianjiang

Thank you so much Bill, that is just the sort of information I was looking for. That is a great website; I don't think I've ever seen so many images on one site! I forsee hours looking through that. So far I don't see anything quite the same but I think the quality of the painting on the plate is good enough to qualify.
That way of painting on the porcelain surface as if it were paper is just the feeling I had about this piece.

Asian Arts | Associations | Articles | Exhibitions | Galleries | Message Board