Chinese Tableware
by Yvonne Johnstone
Title
Chinese Tableware
Artist
Yvonne Johnstone
Medium
Photograph - Digitally Enhanced Photograph
Description
Traditional Chinese tableware with a colourful design in red, green, yellow and blue.
The design is based on a type of late Qing porcelain called wan shou wu jiang and is a genre of commemorative porcelain that varies in design, commonly painted with motifs like dragons, gourds, and flowers. Four white circular panels feature a message in Chinese characters : may you enjoy boundless longevity.
The use of the phrase in ceramics can be traced to a yellow set crafted to commemorate the wedding of the teenaged Emperor Tongzhi in 1872. Though the wish was lost on the emperor, who died from smallpox at 18, the design lived on.
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March 26th, 2021
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