PROPERTY FROM THE NELSON KLINE COLLECTION, NEW YORK
A FAMILLE ROSE SEMI-EGGSHELL SOUP PLATE
YONGZHENG PERIOD (1723-1735)
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A FAMILLE ROSE SEMI-EGGSHELL SOUP PLATE
YONGZHENG PERIOD (1723-1735)
The soup plate is decorated in the center with a pair of seated ladies and two boys playing with rabbits, enclosed by a floral reserve, the rim with gilt floral cartouches on a pink diaper ground. Together with a famille rose saucer, Yongzheng period (1723-1735), with a seated lady and a boy attendant enclosed by a green diaper border.
8 1/4 in. (21 cm.) diam.
Provenance
Soup plate: Santos, London. Saucer: Marchant & Sons, London (according to label).
For what appears to be an identical example of the soup plate from the Martin-Hurst Collection see G.C. Williamson, The Book of Famille Rose, London, 1970, pl. XXXIII (upper right).
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