清康熙 景德鎮窯五彩仙女圖盤一對|Plate with fairies

Art Historical Context

This exquisite pair of porcelain plates, titled *Plate with Fairies*, hails from the Kangxi period (1662–1722) of China's Qing dynasty, crafted at the renowned Jingdezhen kilns—the epicenter of imperial porcelain production. Measuring 6 3/4 inches in diameter, these dishes feature vibrant overglaze polychrome enamels, a technique known as *wucai* (five colors), where vivid hues of red, green, blue, yellow, and purple are applied atop the fired glaze and refired at lower temperatures. This method allowed for intricate, durable designs that captured mythical scenes of graceful fairies amid anima...