Product Summary: This antique Chinese rose medallion china set, a form of Chinese export porcelain was made prominently for export to Europe and the west. Rose medallion china different from famille rose decorated porcelain, meaning “the pink family” or armorial porcelain which typically would be decorated by a family crest or coat of arms. Among these three styles of wares, rose medallion was a style suited and developed during the 19th and early 20th century.
While famille rose china is regarded as one of the highest forms of decorated porcelain made by the imperial kilns of Jingdezhen and used domestically, and armorial porcelain was often copied by German and continental European factories like KPM, and Samson, rose medallion mostly remained exclusively produced by the Chinese and exclusively used for export to the west.
Rose medallion is normally distinguished by a dominant central medallion theme, with ornamented with birds, butterflies, flowers, and botanicals, and decorated in pinks, greens, and golds, reds, and blues.
This set unusual in that it includes its original base, as mostly these sets are separated and often not complete.
Size: 4.5 inches in diameter, the bowl
Condition: With chip on rim of stand base interior rim, surface imperfections, and enamel loss on surface of bowl, with wear, and discoloration throughout the enamel surfaces
