From Kang Xi to Qian Long for three generations, Chinese fine art was affected deeply by western ideas and technology. At present, let’s seek the western art shadow and discover the reflection with this imperial treasure.

We can check by some unique and rare enamel fine arts made in imperial court. We general their seven unusual characters as follows:

First, they are valuable plastic fine arts. Their panorama around design with the flat body are absolutely difficulty but a splendid effect. The painting structure is very connection like a hand scroll. Meanwhile, designer had skillfully composed to transfers two related scenes lively in both sides based on the effect of appreciation.

Second, they have romantic subjects normally. For example, a figures story of proposal scene with a European landscape background, we can feel the impact of western open ideas on Chinese conservative ideology by this art treasure. That is its most important value in society and historic.  

Third is an abundant substance. There are figures, a pet, a pine, plants, buildings, hill & rock etc. The appearance includes all kinds of elements. The master painter adopted the variety of superb artistry to portray the rich objects. It is unimaginable so a complex composition that the artist created the masterpieces within square inch. We can say they reached an art peak.

Fourth is they had heavy Rococo’s style. What’s Rococo? In the first half of 18th Century, owing to King Power’s declining and artists affected by liberalism, French court art presented a new social tendency based on its imperial style. These characters include the elegant, exquisite, leisure, romantic and noble manner. Those factors can be found on this unique treasure. We are difficult to judge the male one by their appearance only, and this is the Rococo’s key feature-delicate form, i.e. male’s looks like female. Their background colors is Rococo’s popular silver white & cream yellow and have a Rococo’s dim distant view. There are no shadows, it’s Rococo’s feature also. It is a valuable witness which western Rococo’s art affected the old Oriental in those days.

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