Lot Essay
This vase belongs to an interesting group of European subject porcelains, not of Imperial quality and probably decorated at Canton, but intended for the Chinese market, not for export. Hervouet and Bruneau, op. cit., illustrate a bowl with similar decoration and a Qianlong mark (p. 108). See also Christie's London, October 30,1989, lot217, for a similar dish with Qianlong seal mark.