This dish is decorated in 'famille rose' palette of colourful enamels. On the interior are panels reserved against a lime-green enamel containing floral and foliage motifs and a scene with three figures in a garden setting. Butterflies appear between the panels. The dish belongs to a group of Canton enamels where the ceramic body is believed to have been made at the Jingdezhen kilns and the enamel decoration added on at the city in Guangzhou. It reflects European tastes as most Canton enamel ware was meant for export to the West.The term famille rose was coined by Europeans to refer to an enamel palette in which opaque pink is the predominant colour among a palette of colours.
