famille jaunen.adj.
/fəˌmiː ˈʒɔːn/, U.S. /fəˌmi ˈʒoʊn/ A. n.
(A type of) Chinese porcelain, decorated in overglaze enamels in the colours associated with famille verte (famille verte n.) against a yellow ground.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > decoration of china > [noun] > enamelling
famille rose1868
famille verte1868
clobbering1872
famille noire1898
famille jaune1901
san ts'ai1901
wu ts'ai1904
schwarzlot1925
society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > clay compositions > baked clay > pottery or ceramics > [noun] > porcelain > porcelain or china of specific colour
blue china1783
Parian1824
famille rose1868
famille verte1868
blue1869
imperial yellow1875
duck('s)-egg china1897
famille noire1898
famille jaune1901
powder blue1910
sang-de-bœuf1960
society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > clay compositions > baked clay > pottery or ceramics > [noun] > porcelain > Chinese
nankeen1782
Dingyao1857
Ming1863
temmoku1880
blanc de Chine1888
famille jaune1901
Yung Chêng1902
wu ts'ai1904
ying ch'ing1922
Tê-hua1953
kraakporselein1954
Yuan1969
1901 W. C. Monkhouse Hist. & Descr. Chinese Porcelain ii. 118 The yellow is most common, and almost forms a class by itself, which might be named famille jaune, in imitation of Jacquemart's divisions of famille verte and famille rose.
1930 Brit. Mus. Q. 5 82 Porcelain thus decorated is the parent of the famille jaune of the K'ang Hsi period.
1945 W. B. Honey Ceramic Art of China ii. 149 These coloured grounds of the famille noire, famille jaune, etc., are much sought after by European and American collectors.
2000 S. von Drachenfels Art of Table iii. 43 Famille jaune (yellow) was accented with subordinate colors of the famille verte palette.
B. adj. (attributive).
Designating such porcelain; of or relating to such porcelain.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > [adjective] > specific style
Moorish1434
savage1548
damaskeen1551
grotesque1603
Mogul1617
pierced1756
baroque1765
rocaille1776
rococo1830
plateresque1845
Alhambresque1848
François Premier1850
Mudéjar1865
serio-grotesque1873
famille verte1876
barocco1877
rococoesque1885
famille rose1893
famille noire1898
Ch'ien Lung1901
Marie Antoinette1909
Mosan1910
famille jaune1923
Romanizing1936
quatre-couleur1959
penworked1965
society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > clay compositions > baked clay > pottery or ceramics > [adjective] > porcelain > Chinese porcelain
powdered blue1701
nankeen1761
famille verte1876
Ko1882
powder blue1882
Yuan1888
famille rose1893
Dingyao1894
famille noire1898
Yung Chêng1902
K'ang-Hsi1906
ying ch'ing1922
famille jaune1923
Tê-hua1923
Swatow1925
Song1937
1923 E. Wylie Jennifer Lorn i. ii. 34 The room with its oak panels,..its Chinese brocades, its Famille Jaune vases on the carven chimney-piece..appealed to his passion for perfection.
1965 Arch. Chinese Art Soc. Amer. 19 92/2 Pair of hexagonal, baluster-form vases with famille jaune decoration.
2006 C. B. Altman in Passion for Asia 72 The Qing dynasty ware includes famille verte and famille jaune vases, ewers, and chargers.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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n.adj.1901