Abstract

 
 
 The article deals with the works of polychrome painted Chinese porcelain created in the Qing era from the Bohdan and Varvara Khanenko Museum of Arts. Each product is analyzed in terms of its color, decoration and image scenes. Attention of the author is focused on symbolic images, among which are anthropomorphic, zoomorphic and vegetative motifs, end variations of the so-called Chinese still life.As a result of the study, three items of Chinese polychrome porcelain with super-polished painted enamel paints were analyzed. The disclosure of semantic content, symbols and semantics of artistic decorations created on the basis of the Chinese religious and mythological beliefs, as well as literary and artistic works has been revealed. The attribution of products based on comparison with similar items from collections of world museums has been specified. The origin of the image of «Chinese woman with a child», which was commonly used during the reign of Emperor Yongzhen and his successor Qianlong, is related to several factors. First, creating a cycle of «Twelve Beauties at Leisure Painted for Prince Yinzhen, the Future Yongzheng Emperor», images of which have been reflected in numerous repetitions, in particular, on porcelain products. Secondly, the spread of European Christian missionaries in China with European models with the image of the Virgin Mary and the infant Christ, which could be the starting point for the spread of the Chinese «prototype» of a woman with one or two children.
 
 
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