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Object 2010548
Saucer
China
1730-1740
Height 19 mm (0.75 inch), diameter of rim 105 mm (4.13 inch), diameter of footring 58 mm (2.28 inch)
Saucer on footring, slightly everted rim. Decorated in various famille rose enamels with a garden landscape with a flowering peony and prunus tree growing from taihu (garden) rocks, two peacocks and a butterfly in flight. The reverse is undecorated.
In China, the peacock, was a symbol of the Ming Dynasty. The Chinese equated the peacock with divinity, rank, power, beauty, dignity, and the desire for peace and prosperity. The hidden or implied meaning behind this decoration is that a pair of peacocks are a devoted couple which fly side by side in the heavens and are like flowers with interlocked branches on earth. The pair symbolize mutual affection between lovers.
Condition: Two hairlines and some very tiny fleabites to the rim.
References:
Jacquemart & Le Blant 1862, pp. 77-105
Price: Sold.
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