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A POLYCHROME ENAMELLED DISH
Qing dynasty, circa 1660-1670
27,3 cm diam.
Provenance: Naples, Villa della Floridiana, Museo Duca di Martina,Placido de Sangro (1829-1891) collection.
inv. n. 4954.
The dish is decorated with three boys holding flower sprays amidst a dense foliate scroll, the wall with corollas reserved on a geometrical ground.
The decoration is painted with two tones of greens, yellow, black, aubergine and red enamels
The design of boy and flowers can be seen as early as the Song dynasty; see a Yaozhou glazed bowl decorated with boys and flowers, 11th-12th century, in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (inv. n.11.8.7). This design continued throughout the Yuan, Ming and Qing period.
