A blue and white mythological bowl, cover and stand

QIANLONG, CIRCA 1765

细节

A blue and white mythological bowl, cover and stand
Qianlong, circa 1765
Painted on the bowl and stand with a scene of Neptune holding a trident and riding on two dolphins between tritons and nymphs, a narrow honey-comb border encircling the rim (minute glaze frits)
The stand 14 cm. diam. (2)

拍品专文

This design is after a drawing by Abraham Bloemaert (1565-1651), later engraved by his son Frederick who died in 1669.
For a piece from this service see D. Howard & J. Ayers, China for the West, Vol. I, pl.336