Chinese Export Porcelain Canton Famille Jeune Footed Dish, Ca. 1870

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Chinese Export Porcelain Famille Jeune (Yellow-Ground) Footed Dish, Qing Dynasty, Tongzhi Era (1862-1874). The five-lobed dish decorated with a male … Read more Chinese Export Porcelain Famille Jeune (Yellow-Ground) Footed Dish, Qing Dynasty, Tongzhi Era (1862-1874). The five-lobed dish decorated with a male foo lion glazed in rose among a swath of green-glazed jungle foliage, his paw resting on a ribbon-laden embroidered ball elaborately decorated with blossoms, and a smaller blue-glazed foo lion, bordered in a Greek-key band, the exterior with floral sprays, on a round pedestal base banded with florals on a turquoise ground, the reverse with iron-red six-character Tongzhi mark, ca. 1870. See less