Lovely Antique 18C Imari Dish Qing Chinese Porcelain Lady on Swing Kangxi

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Condition Report: / / Condition: Some very minimal wear to the decoration. 1 hairline and 1 tiny frit to the rim. Size 222x31mm

Dish on footring with a flat, underglaze brown-edged, rim (jia mangkou). Chinese Imari, decorated in underglaze blue, overglaze iron-red, black and gold. In the centre a Chinese garden scene with a flowering peony plant and a large bamboo tree with a Lady on a swing looking down at a little dancing boy. On the sides a trellis pattern border with four flower heads. On the rim large incised lotus flower buds with a small border with floral elements. The reverse with two bamboo sprays.

This unusual dish is an interesting piece. On it the Chinese porcelain painter combined the underglaze blue and incised decoration technique with a very rare and unusual design of a Lady on a swing in ‘Red & Gold’ / ‘Rouge-de-fer’ with iron-red, black enamel and gold on the glaze.

The incised pattern is barely discernible to the naked eye unless the ware is held up to the light. The incised recesses have been filled with a transparent glaze to create a flat surface. The Chinese call this technique anhua (hidden decoration). (Emden 2015/1, p.132, cat. 122)

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Condition: Some very minimal wear to the decoration. 1 hairline and 1 tiny frit to the rim. Size; 222x31mm