Antique Chinese Qing Famille Rose Canton Porcelain Plate Domestic Scene 8″W

Chinese Qing Dynasty Rose Canton (廣彩) Famille Rose Porcelain Plate: Domestic Interior Scene

China, Qing dynasty, mid-to-late 19th century (circa 1850-1890)

Dimensions: 8″W × 1″H (20.5 × 2.5 cm)

This is a Chinese export porcelain plate in the Rose Canton palette (廣彩), a famille rose variant that reserves all figural painting for the central medallion and keeps the border to flowers and birds only. The wide gilt-rimmed roundel at center depicts a domestic interior scene: a seated woman at a table with an open book, attended by two women standing behind her, with a man and a green-robed attendant seated together at right beside a latticed window.

The border alternates dense peony and foliage sprays with oval cartouches enclosing perched birds on rockwork, closed by a gilt key-fret band at the rim. Dense, jewel-toned enamels and heavy gilding were the hallmark of Canton export workshops supplying the Western trade through the second half of the 19th century.

Form: Chinese Rose Canton famille rose porcelain plate, shallow footed
Construction or Decoration: Famille rose overglaze enamels with gilt highlights; central medallion of a domestic interior scene with figures at a table, gilt key-fret rim band, alternating floral spray and bird roundel border panels
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Period: Qing dynasty, mid-to-late 19th century (circa 1850-1890)
Dimensions: 8″W × 1″H (20.5 × 2.5 cm)
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Condition: No chips or cracks visible in photos; enamels and gilding show light wear consistent with age, with minor embedded firing specks in the glaze. Footrim shows an unglazed edge with kiln grit adhesion and old soiling, consistent with 19th-century manufacture.