Chinese Famille Rose Plaque, Long-Tailed Bird on Flowering Peach Branch

This Chinese porcelain plaque, twentieth century and probably Jingdezhen, is painted in the famille rose palette with an exotic long-tailed bird on a flowering and fruiting peach branch - teal scaled crest, russet breast, green wings, and a long pink ribbon tail ending in a yellow tip. Flat plaques of this type, called ciban, were made to be framed and hung as paintings, and this one keeps its black-lacquered frame with a gilt key-fret border. In Chinese art the peach is the fruit of longevity, and a bird among its blossoms is a conventional wish for long life and good fortune.

It is the companion to a second plaque of the same subject in our inventory, the two compositions facing one another - they hang singly, flank a mirror or doorway as a pair, or anchor a wall of botanical and bird pictures. The reverse carries an old label of a Richmond, Virginia framing studio.

Framed: 17 inches high by 111/2 inches wide.


Condition:
Alterations: Original Condition Unaltered
Imperfections: Some Imperfections
Condition Notes: Good condition. The back now sealed and finished with foam board and tape.

Origin:
China

Materials & Techniques:
Porcelain

Details:
Country of Origin: China
What type of item is it? Vintage / Antique / Used

Original Condition Unaltered; Some Imperfections; Good condition. The back now sealed and finished with foam board and tape.