Chinese Famille Verte Style Porcelain Dish with Qilin, Guangxu Mark Type清末风格 粉彩/五彩麒麟纹瓷盘
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This lively piece is a Chinese Famille Verte Style Porcelain Dish with Qilin — a shallow plate where myth strides right across your table. At the center, a prancing qilin, the auspicious beast of good governance and happy omens, cavorts beneath a pine tree amid stylized rocks and water.
The design pays homage to Kangxi-era famille verte wares of the early 18th century, but the drawing, glaze quality, and footrim suggest a later echo: probably Guangxu to early Republic, around 1880–1930, when Jingdezhen kilns were reviving classic patterns for a growing export and domestic market.
Porcelain body, overglaze enamels in green, iron red, yellow and black, and that tightly painted diaper border all indicate hand work rather than modern transfer printing. The underside foot shows honest abrasion and kiln grit, compatible with a century or more of life.
Condition appears very good: no glaring cracks or large chips, just gentle wear to the enamels and rim that softens the piece pleasantly without hurting its display value.
On authenticity, I’d place this around 65%: the materials and wear feel right for late Qing/Republic, but this is precisely the type most frequently reproduced today. At auction, I’d expect roughly $400–$800 if confirmed period, or nearer $50–$150 if it proves a later 20th-century copy. Either way, it’s a charming ambassador of Chinese myth and ceramic tradition.
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Item Report
Chinese Famille Verte Style Porcelain Dish with Qilin, Guangxu Mark Type
清末风格 粉彩/五彩麒麟纹瓷盘
By:Unknown Jingdezhen kiln
Style:Late Qing dynasty Guangxu period to Republican famille verte revival porcelain
Origin:China
Materials:Porcelain body with overglaze famille verte enamels and iron-red detailing
Age:Circa 1880–1930
Condition:Very good (light surface wear and footrim abrasion consistent with age, no obvious cracks or major chips visible)
Value:If authentic late Qing/Republic period: USD $400–$800 at auction; if a later 20th-century reproduction: USD $50–$150
Maker's Marks / Writing:No reign mark or maker’s mark visible on the base in provided images.
Date:2025-12-17 02:47:54.299755
Description:
Shallow porcelain dish painted in famille verte enamels with a central qilin under a pine tree in a rocky landscape, within a red scroll band and a cavetto of peony and foliage reserves on an iron-red diaper ground. The exterior shows further floral sprays and an iron-red scroll border above the foot. Base with unglazed, heavily worn footrim and no reign mark visible in the photos.
浅腹瓷盘，以五彩釉绘制，盘心为麒麟立于山石、苍松之间，周围一圈红彩回纹边饰。内壁以折枝牡丹、花叶开光与铁红锦地相间。盘外壁再画缠枝花卉一周，并饰红彩回纹。底足露胎较宽，磨损重，照片中未见款识。
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Curated by Jade
Assessment:
Decorative Chinese porcelain dish in the famille verte tradition, likely a late Qing to early Republic revival piece rather than Kangxi-period. The enamels, drawing style of the qilin, and fairly even, clean glaze suggest a 19th–early 20th century manufacture. Footrim wear and kiln grit look convincing for age, with no obvious modern factory marks. Collectible as a good-quality decorative antique, but not an imperial or early Kangxi work.
这是一件仿康熙五彩传统的中国瓷盘，应为清末光绪至民国早期的复古作品，而非真正的康熙官窑器。麒麟及山水的画法、色釉的明亮度和匀净的釉面均更接近十九世纪末至二十世纪初的制品。底足露胎磨损自然、夹砂明显，没有现代工厂化的痕迹。整体为一件装饰性与收藏性兼具的瓷盘，但并非早期或宫廷等级的佳作。
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Provenance:
Not provided.
Condition:
Very good (light surface wear and footrim abrasion consistent with age, no obvious cracks or major chips visible)
Identification Score: 88%
Shape, palette, diaper and peony border, and qilin motif clearly place this as a famille verte-type Chinese dish; only the precise dating within late Qing/Republic remains somewhat uncertain.
盘形、五彩配色、锦地加牡丹纹边饰以及麒麟主题都十分典型，足以确认其为中国五彩瓷盘。主要不确定之处在于确切年代应落在清末还是民国早期，因此识别置信度为 88%。
Authenticity Score: 65%
The worn, unglazed footrim, firing grit, and hand-applied enamels support genuine late 19th–early 20th century origin, but the market is flooded with reproductions of this pattern and high-resolution close-ups of the foot and glaze bubbles are limited, so I remain cautious. A word about fakes.. famille verte and qilin-decorated dishes are heavily copied, with many modern pieces artificially aged, so professional hands-on inspection is advised before paying top late-Qing prices.
露胎足的自然磨损、窑渣和手工描绘的彩釉都支持其为十九世纪末至二十世纪初的老件，但此类五彩麒麟盘在市场上仿品极多，且常有做旧处理。由于照片分辨率及细节有限，难以下绝对结论，因此真实性评分为 65%。“关于赝品的一句话”：麒麟纹五彩盘是仿制重灾区，购买高价清末藏品前，最好请专业人士实物鉴定。
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Keywords
Chinese porcelain, famille verte style, qilin dish, late Qing, Republic period, Guangxu, China, overglaze enamels, antique Chinese plate
中国瓷器, 五彩, 粉彩, 麒麟纹盘, 清末, 民国时期, 光绪, 景德镇, 釉上彩, 古董瓷盘
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