Porcelain with enamel colours. China, 18th cent.
Very beautiful, colourful painting with gold. In the centre is a large lotus flower surrounded by several smaller, one of which is entirely golden. In the pond, a fantastic depiction of a mandarin duck; her partner is flying and looking desirously upon her. On the lip are three wide reserves with curtains, holding tassels and also a view into the garden with a fence, decorative rocks and plenty of flowers. In the sections in-between are decorative floral compositions. On the underside of the plate, encircling leaf-vines and flowers in under-glaze blue and iron-red. With metal wall-mounting. An almost unrecognizable hairline crack on the lip, overall in very good condition.
DIAMETER 39,2 CM
From an Austrian private collection