Lot Essay
A similar rose-verte dish with a slightly different central scene in the Martin-Hurst Collection is illustrated by G. C. Williamson, op. cit., pl. XLIV (bottom)
FAMILLE ROSE
VARIOUS PROPERTIES
A LARGE ROSE-VERTE DISH enamelled with two equestrian figures and their attendants on a terrace watched by ladies at leisure seated around tables and pavilions, the wide border with six alternate foliate cartouches of peony sprays and birds perched on branches of prunus, all reserved on a pink ground densely decorated with writhing dragons amongst lotus scrolls (restored), Yongzheng
Details
A LARGE ROSE-VERTE DISH enamelled with two equestrian figures and their attendants on a terrace watched by ladies at leisure seated around tables and pavilions, the wide border with six alternate foliate cartouches of peony sprays and birds perched on branches of prunus, all reserved on a pink ground densely decorated with writhing dragons amongst lotus scrolls (restored), Yongzheng
55cm. diam.
55cm. diam.