Kangxi-Style Chinese Famille Verte Porcelain Charger with Ladies and Boys清康熙风格五彩“仕女婴戏图”瓷大盘
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Here we have a lively “Ladies and Boys” spectacle: a large Kangxi‑style famille verte porcelain charger, its surface buzzing with small figures, fluttering banners, and a butterfly or two for good measure.
The scene is classic late‑seventeenth‑century taste — elegant court ladies at leisure, surrounded by romping boys in a garden. For Qing viewers this wasn’t just charming; it symbolized prosperity, status, and above all, many sons.
The palette is the giveaway: crisp greens, iron‑red, aubergine and yellow enamels, all floating on a cool white glaze. The outlines are neatly drawn, and the diaper border packed with peony blossoms shows a decorator well versed in Kangxi vocabulary.
Turn it over, though, and the story changes. The double blue circle is correct in type, but the foot is very evenly turned, the biscuit clean, and the glaze fresh and glossy, with none of the accumulated wear or firing quirks you’d expect after three centuries of service.
So in authenticity terms, we’re in the realm of homage, not survivor: roughly a 20% chance of being period, far more likely a late‑20th‑century Jingdezhen revival piece. Still, as decorative porcelain it succeeds brilliantly — big, colorful, and instantly readable on a wall.
At auction today, I’d expect this charger to bring in the region of $200 to $400. It delivers the look of Kangxi luxury, without the six‑figure anxiety of owning the real thing.
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Item Report
Kangxi-Style Chinese Famille Verte Porcelain Charger with Ladies and Boys
清康熙风格五彩“仕女婴戏图”瓷大盘
By:Unknown Jingdezhen kiln decorator (workshop)
Style:Chinese Qing dynasty Kangxi-style famille verte porcelain
Origin:China
Materials:Porcelain body with overglaze famille verte enamels and underglaze cobalt blue double ring
Age:Modern reproduction in Kangxi style, likely late 20th–early 21st century
Condition:Very good (bright enamels, no obvious chips or cracks visible; minor firing specks and light wear only)
Value:USD $200–$400 at auction
Maker's Marks / Writing:Underglaze blue double circle to base; no reign mark or inscriptions visible.
Date:2025-11-19 00:32:16.589737
Description:
Large porcelain charger decorated in famille verte enamels, the cavetto painted with two court ladies surrounded by frolicking boys in a garden landscape of rocks, bamboo and flowering plants. The wide rim shows a diaper-ground with scattered peony blossoms and foliage. The reverse has scattered auspicious ribboned emblems and a double blue circle to the base. Footrim is relatively even and sandy, with scattered kiln grit and iron spots; enamels are bright and sit slightly raised on the glaze.
此为一件大尺寸瓷盘，以五彩釉装饰。盘心绘两位仕女环坐庭园之中，周围童子嬉戏，背景有湖石、竹丛与花卉点缀。宽圈口饰青绿锦地，间缀牡丹花与枝叶。盘底外壁绘系带吉祥纹饰，内施青花双圈。圈足修胎较规整，露胎呈浅米黄色，可见窑砂及铁斑，彩料色彩鲜丽、略微浮起于釉面之上。
Curator Questions
Curated by Jade
Assessment:
Decorative Kangxi-revival famille verte charger of good quality but almost certainly modern. The composition with ladies and boys, bright palette, and diaper border closely follows late 17th–early 18th century prototypes, yet the very clean, evenly turned footrim, uniform glaze, and lack of genuine age wear suggest contemporary manufacture. Still, it is an attractive display piece with solid decorative and modest collector interest.
此盘构图为典型康熙晚期五彩仕女婴戏题材，画工娴熟、色彩明快，圈口锦地花卉亦颇具古意。然而从胎釉质感、圈足修胎之规整程度、整体光洁度及使用磨损缺乏等特征判断，应为仿康熙风格的当代制品，而非康熙时期原器。作为陈设品颇具观赏性，在一般收藏市场亦有一定价值，但不宜按清代传世古董对待。
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Provenance:
Not provided.
Condition:
Very good (bright enamels, no obvious chips or cracks visible; minor firing specks and light wear only)
Identification Score: 92%
Form, palette, subject matter and double blue ring mark clearly place this as a Chinese famille verte charger imitating Kangxi-period wares; details of decoration and construction are consistent with modern Kangxi-revival porcelain.
器形、色彩、题材以及青花双圈均明确指向仿清康熙五彩的大盘类型；纹饰布局和烧造工艺与近现代景德镇仿古器相符，因此对类别判断的把握度较高。
Authenticity Score: 20%
Proportions and decoration echo genuine Kangxi famille verte, but the very fresh enamels, near-perfect glaze, sharply cut and even footrim, and lack of kiln imperfections or long-term wear point strongly to a late 20th–21st century reproduction rather than a 17th–18th century period piece. A word about fakes.. Kangxi famille verte is heavily reproduced, and many convincing modern copies exist, so caution is essential.
虽然构图与用色颇似康熙五彩器，但釉面光亮如新、彩料无自然磨损，圈足修胎十分规整，胎质较细腻洁白，缺乏清代器物常见的窑变与长期使用痕迹，综合判断应为20世纪末至21世纪的仿制品，而非17–18世纪原器。顺带一提：关于赝品……康熙五彩是被大量仿制的门类，市面上高仿极多，鉴定时必须格外谨慎。
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Keywords
Chinese, famille verte, Kangxi style, porcelain charger, ladies and boys, Qing revival
中国, 五彩, 康熙风格, 瓷大盘, 仕女婴戏图, 清代仿古
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