QIANLONG (1736-1795)

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A Chinese famille rose dish for the Indian market
Qianlong (1736-1795)
The lobed, oval dish enamelled at the centre with a mahout on his elephant between composite floral sprays and rockwork in a quatrefoil panel reserved on a dense floral ground enamelled in bianco-sopra-bianco, the border with enamelled flower heads below the wavy rim, minor wear to enamels
22.6 cm. wide

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Lot Essay

A plate with a similar design is illustrated by J. Ayers & D. Howard, China for the West, London, 1978, vol. II, p. 468, where they state that there were three different designs made between 1760-90, and that some of these wares were shipped to Europe by Indian merchants in Madras and Bombay.

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