Lot 52
52
CANTON ENAMEL AND CLOISONNE ENAMEL Property from the Estate of EUGENE O. PERKINS
AN UNUSUAL CANTON ENAMEL EUROPEAN SUBJECT RECTANGULAR PLAQUE

Details
AN UNUSUAL CANTON ENAMEL EUROPEAN SUBJECT RECTANGULAR PLAQUE
YONGZHENG/EARLY QIANLONG

The plaque slightly convex and the corners rounded, well painted with a European woman reading to a group of young boys, all surrounded by trees with a town in the distance, restoration - 5 1/2 in. (14cm.) long
Provenance
Harry and Hilda Garner Collection
Bluett, London, 1984

Lot Essay

For a stylistically comparable rectangular plaque depicting a bejewelled, elegant lady with children, dated to the Yongzheng period, and of the Peking workshops, see Chinese Painted Enamels, The China Institute in America, 1969-1970, Catalogue pl. 50