LotVintage Chinese Rice Pattern Porcelain Tableware. Large Platter & Salad Bowl with plates & Spoons

Lot Vintage Chinese Rice Pattern Porcelain Tableware. Large Platter &

Salad Bowl with plates & Spoons

In Excellent Condition.  No damage. 

No account of the various standard patterns developed to cater for the western love of the oriental would be complete without the last

stroke of the Chinese genius - the Rice Grain Pattern. By the end of the Ming dynasty, a kind of pieces appeared that was called

"Linglung" or "Devils work". It was porcelain pieces with its walls pierced in intricate patterns.

These were very expensive and are known to have been fitted in gold and silver when in Europe. By the mid 19th century the "Linglung" design was revived in an inventive new way. By filling the pierced holes with translucent glaze one arrived at an interesting compromise combining as it did both the mysteries of Asia - "how they possibly could have fitted rice grains into the porcelain" - and a somewhat more useful bowl that better could stand the perils of trade and transportation.