"Ruby-Back" Dish

second quarter 18th century

Chinese Qing Dynasty

Associated Names
Chinese Qing Dynasty

Artist

The image shows a decorative porcelain plate with a design featuring two quails and a butterfly surrounded by colorful flowers at the center. The color palette includes earthy browns, vibrant greens, blues, reds, and pinks against a primarily white background. The central scene is encircled by a pink patterned border, while the outer section of the plate features a yellow background with floral motifs and alternating panels of floral artwork in white sections. The quails and butterfly are positioned towards the bottom left quadrant of the central section, surrounded by scattered flowers.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    porcelain with overglaze famille rose enamels

  • Credit Line

    Widener Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 3.5 x 20.3 cm (1 3/8 x 8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1942.9.556

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

J. Pierpont Morgan [1837-1913], New York. (Duveen Brothers, New York and London); sold 1915 to Peter A. B. Widener, Lynnewood Hall, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania; inheritance from Estate of Peter A. B. Widener by gift through power of appointment of Joseph E. Widener, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania; gift 1942 to NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1904

  • Morgan, J. Pierpont. Catalogue of the Morgan Collection of Chinese Porcelains; privately printed by order of Mr. J. Pierpont Morgan. 2 vols. New York, 1904-1911: 2:4, nos. 26-27 [references to 1942.9.555-556].

1942

  • Works of Art from the Widener Collection. Foreword by David Finley and John Walker. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1942: 22.

1947

  • Christensen, Erwin O. Chinese Porcelains of the Widener Collection. Washington, 1947 (rev. ed. 1956): 22.

1998

  • Bower, Virginia, Josephine Hadley Knapp, Stephen Little, and Robert Wilson Torchia. Decorative Arts, Part II: Far Eastern Ceramics and Paintings; Persian and Indian Rugs and Carpets. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 1998: 232-233, color repro.

Wikidata ID

Q62758430

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