FAMILLE ROSE

(French: rose family), group of Chinese porcelain wares, especially developed during the reign of Yung-cheng (172235) in the Ch'ing dynasty, characterized by decoration painted in opaque overglaze colours of the rose family, chiefly shades of pink and carmine. These colours are known to the Chinese as yang ts'ai (foreign colours) because they were first introduced from Europe (c. 1685). By the time of the reign of Yung-cheng they were favoured over the translucent famille verte overglaze colours previously used.