Lot 214
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A RARE FAMILLE ROSE CANTON ENAMEL EUROPEAN-SUBJECT RECTANGULAR PLAQUE
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A RARE FAMILLE ROSE CANTON ENAMEL EUROPEAN-SUBJECT RECTANGULAR PLAQUE

QIANLONG (1736-95)

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A RARE FAMILLE ROSE CANTON ENAMEL EUROPEAN-SUBJECT RECTANGULAR PLAQUE
Qianlong (1736-95)
Repoussé in relief and finely enamelled with a tranquil riverside scene depicting two young men fishing on the bank of a wide river accompanied by their dog, a third figure waving a stick at an oxen, which is looking at three rams below a tree, three further figures in a boat moored to the far bank beside a European building and a church spire
8¼ x 22 in. (21 x 56 cm.), wood frame
Provenance
Herman von Mandl, of Vienna; merchant and Consul to the Netherlands in China in the late 19th Century.
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No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

Lot Essay

This enamel plaque, and the plaque in the following lot, are related in style and technique to the series of considerably larger panels which was probably made for the Emperor Qianlong's Summer Palace (Yuanmingyuan); see note to Lot 106.

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