Lovely Chinese Porcelain Plate, SE Asian Market Straits Bencharong Late 18th c
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Condition Report: Condition. Chip to base rim and 2 hairlines in base Size 227mm
A very nice decorated plate. These wares and their specific characteristics of wild colour and thick enamel have all the characteristics that we can also find in Straits and Bencharong wares. We quite often find whole collections of these thick ennameled & bright coloured 18th c plates stuck together in Dutch Indonesian Estates. Often also with Chinese Perenakan ancestry.
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Children
The wish for children is a very common motif in paintings, embroidery and porcelain. However, it must be admitted that traditionally the wish is for boys not girls. In ancient times children’s hair was shaved off, leaving a boy with a central tuft over the forehead and a girl with two tufts over the ears. the Heavenly twins are two boys carrying a box and a lotus to symbolize a wish for peace ‘hé’ 和 (box) and harmony 荷 hé (lotus). A picture may be divided in two, each part having a mother and son, one side has the son holding a lotus flower on the other the son rides a qilin, both symbolize a wish for a son. A picture with children surrounded by peaches and pomegranates symbolizes the wish for many sons.
Source: Stallard, R. Chinasage: All about China. Retrieved from the Chinasage website.
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