This shallow dish with a flat broad bottom and low foot ring is decorated all over in underglaze blue. A scene of a group of 5 Foo dogs surrounded by clouds/ruyi. On the cavetto there are four panels with butterflies and mountain landscape. The base has 3 bamboo springs.

Foo (Fu) dogs

Fu Dog, Foo Dog or Lion Dog, or Chinese Temple Lions. Foo (Fu) means prosperity and good fortune in Chinese. These guardian dogs, also called temple lions, always comes in a pairs and stand to the left and right of entrances. Usually, one is male and the other female. Which gender can be seen by that the female have a puppy under a lifted paw and that the male have a brocade ball.

Butterfly

Butterfly – joy and conjugal felicity. Butterfly is pronounced in homonym with the word die which means a 80 years old. Two butterflies together is meant a wish of “longevity”. “Die” is also pronounced similar to another word which means to “pile up” or “repeat” – and thus given the meaning “many”.

Source: Nilson, J. Gotheborg: Antique Chinese and Japanese Porcelain Collectors’ Help and Info Page. Retrieved from the Gotheborg website.

This beautiful dish dates to the 19th century.

Overall Condition; Perfect. Size 255x27mm approx.

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