A PAIR OF FAMILLE ROSE EUROPEAN SUBJECT PLATES

CIRCA 1730

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A PAIR OF FAMILLE ROSE EUROPEAN SUBJECT PLATES
CIRCA 1730
A Western gentleman in a pink frockcoat is shaded by a parasol his boy servant carries, next to them is a little black dog, all in Chinese landscape with floral band on the well and floral cartouches within pink cell diaper on the rim
9 in. (23 cm.) diameter (2)

Lot Essay

Hervouët and Bruneau (op. cit., pp. 102-103) illustrate several versions of this subject, which they call "le Hollandais et le chien", including a plate in this early famille rose pattern and Chinese Imari gin bottles of about 1720.

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