Famille Rose Dragon & Phoenix Serving Set - Republic Era

• Overglaze on Porcelain - Overglaze decoration on porcelain refers to a decorative technique where designs are painted onto a fired and glazed porcelain surface, and then fired again at a lower temperature to fuse the decorative design onto the glaze surface. This technique allows for a wide range of colors and intricate designs that would not be possible with underglaze decoration, which is applied before the glaze is fired.
• Polychrome - Made or finished in many colours. For furniture, it is used to indicated a painted finish.

This item has been included into following indexes:

• Chinese ceramics, dynasty mark or period - vases, Republic period (1912 - 1949) 449
• Chinese ceramics, famille - bowls and dishes, famille rose 649
• Chinese ceramics, famille decoration - famille rose, fencai, yangcai, other 1,405
• Chinese ceramics, item type
  • plates 833
  • tureens 58