Antique Chinese porcelain clover form bowl, painted using the famille rose palette

Blooming lotus flower motif, with footed base and scalloped rim

Turquoise glazed interior

Famille rose, which translates from French as pink family, is a type of Chinese porcelain most popular in the 18th and 19th centuries. Known as yangcai in China, for “foreign colors,” it is characterized by pink overglaze  low-fired enamel but may also include other soft complementary colors. The color range for this palette was first produced by mixing colored enamels with an opaque white.

Reign mark in iron red underglaze dates this bowl to Tonzhi period (1862 - 1874) of Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)

Measures approx. 2.25” x 6.5”

Glaze imperfections. Wear to polychrome. Grime. (See pics)