Description Pair of Chinese Qing Dynasty Period, YongZheng famille jaune motif porcelain bowls on stand. The porcelain potted with a shallow body, slight deep, broad cavetto, with a slight flaring opening lip, raised on a small round, with concave footing. All reserved hand painted ornamentations are rendered in famille jaune design color, masterfully covered in an even coat of a yellow glaze which terminates at the base to reveal the pure white under glaze. The dark yellow glaze creates a mottled effect around the rim which is likened unto the blushing of human skin. The foot rim reveals the cut edges during the making process. Famille Jaune meaning the "yellow family". This is a variant of the famille verte enamel palette in which the ground is covered with yellow enamel. Yellow in Chinese it is called Huang You. The technique of producing it only became matured in the Hongzhi Period of the Ming. There are also high and low temperature glazes. The yellow comes from the ferric oxide in the reducing atmosphere. Its first appearance was in the Tang Dynasty. There are Tender Yellow (Jiao Huang), Wax Yellow (Mi La Huang), Egg Yellow (Dan Huang You) and Eel Yellow (Shan Yu Huang). Elegancy come with tall zitan hardwood stand carved with scrolling ruyi and Auspicious motif. The porcelain displays a subtle sheen across the finely glazed exterior. The clay is very fine, with a brilliant glaze finish that was applied by a meticulous, the shape is uniformly proportioned. Mark on under base, a four under glazed blue script characters reign mark, enclosed within double square frame borders, YongZheng Reign Period of Great Qing Dynasty.
Dimensions 3.625"L x 1.5"H
Medium Porcelain
Date Qing Dynasty
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