Mottahedeh Sacred Bird & Butterfly Blue Cookie Plate 10.5″L

Description

SACRED BIRD & BUTTERFLY COOKIE PLATE
HC734
SACRED BIRD & BUTTERFLY COOKIE PLATE may be used for anything including side dishes. Licensed product of Historic Charleston. The Sacred Butterfly was a Chinese export pattern of about 1800 and was intended for those who admired the sophistication of placing traditional Chinese motifs of birds, butterflies and flowers on European shapes. The Chinese word for butterfly, tieh, is a pun which expresses the wish that the owner might live to a ripe age. These motifs were rendered with characteristic understatement in the traditional Chinese orange and gold colors in an all-over pattern. The marriage of shape and design was a success and was reproduced in English china of about 1800-1810. Our reproductions are based on originals in Historic Charleston. Dishwasher safe.

Length 10.5 inches