A Leaf Shaped Dish (OrientalSelected)
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| Utropspris | 8 000 SEK |
AN UNDERGLAZED LEAF-SHAPED DISH, the center painted with a couple standing between a composite peony and prunus tree, a brace of quail pecking away in the foreground, the rim brown-dressed, Qianlong period (1736-95), length c. 39 cm
The form and design of this dish is reminiscent of Japanese Kakiemon porcelain of the late seventeenth century, which due to its popularity in Europe was copied at Meissen in circa 1740, when the chinoiserie figures were added.
A slightly smaller example from the Mottahedeh Collection is illustrated by D. Howard and J. Ayers, China for the West, vol. II, 1978, no. 546, pp. 534-535.
Displayed at Nybrogatan 32 Stockholm 24th-30th of November.
Visas på Nybrogatan 32 Stockholm 24-30 November.
Minor glaze crack and nicks, firing defects, wear
