Chinese Vintage Famille Rose Porcelain Round Multi Dragon Pattern Sweetmeat Container / Dragon Pattern Bowl With Lid

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Vintage Chinese Hand Painted Famille Jaune-Fencai Porcelain with Five Colour Dragon Pattern Sweetmeat Container

The design on the sweetmeat container … Read more Vintage Chinese Hand Painted Famille Jaune-Fencai Porcelain with Five Colour Dragon Pattern Sweetmeat Container

The design on the sweetmeat container is an overall multi dragon in the five auspicious colours of elements in heaven pattern on a beautiful vibrant imperial yellow ground base. Trimmed with a traditional Chinese Cloud and Thunder - Yunwen and Leiwen Pattern in Chinese Red and Imperial Yellow. The five dragon pattern is surrounded with a wealth of rich symbolism, each dragon representing one of the five colour elements (五行) in traditional Chinese principals throughout several of the dynasties. The pattern symbolizes abundance and good fortune...

This sweetmeat container is very unusual from the traditional design of most pieces of this shape and it would be hard to find it on the open market again.
The Original Porcelain moulds for these pieces were produced in the early part of the 20th century and many were destroyed as the porcelain factories were being closed down throughout China's modernization years.

These colours are named for a palette on a type of porcelain defined by the presence of a colour scheme with an opaque overglaze enamel. This sweetmeat container is painted with a range of hues and the graduation of 'Susancai' colours. See less