Buy Chinese ashtray Ceramics Ladies playing music

- Chinese ceramic ashtray with a very thick thickness, rectangular shape, painted and enameled. At its base, some ladies are played playing several musical instruments in a garden. On its edge it has a border with a red background and flowers.
- It is likely that this type of ceramic pieces were made in Jingdenzhen Prefecture, Jiangxi Province, recognized as the Chinese ceramic capital. There are other areas of China where ceramic pieces have been manufactured, and in many of these areas they maintain production, so this piece could be made elsewhere.
- In our opinion, it has been done with a mixed technique, using stamping or decal for the figures and drawings, and finishing off with colored and golden paintings.
- It follows in a certain way the style of the Qianlong Period (1736-1795), both in aesthetics and in the theme, with great colorful figures and traditional scenes. In its final auctions it has a clear aesthetic influence of Satsuma porcelain.