Famille Rose European Subject Plate

Description

Chinese export famille rose with bianco-sopra-bianco European subject plate, Qianlong ca. 1740. Painted along the center with a European gentleman playing the flute, his companion feeding a parrot. Both seated in bergeres. Bianco-sopra-bianco (white-on-white) border with puce landscape cartouches. Several prominent collection labels retained along the underside.

Provenance: Eugene Van Herck & Fils, Antwerp; Collection of Albert de Curte, Antwerp; Earle D. Vandekar, New York, 19 June 1986; The Distinguished Collection of Leo & Doris Hodroff. An additional label for a "Collectie Muller, Knokke" along the underside.

Reference: An identical plate is illustrated in D.F. Lunsingh Scheurleer, "Chinese Export Porcelain," pg. 80, plate E.
Diameter: 9 1/4 in.

Condition

There are no chips, cracks, or repairs. There is a firing flaw along the underside of the plate along the curve of the bowl that does not extend to the interior of the bowl. Little to no surface wear.

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Famille Rose European Subject Plate

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