A RARE PAIR OF EUROPEAN SUBJECT PLATES
QIANLONG PERIOD, CIRCA 1765-1770
Each enameled in the center with a courting European couple bowing to each other, on the rim a gilt vine border
9 in. (22.8 cm.) diameter
来源
With The Chinese Porcelain Co., New York.
出版
William R. Sargent, Chinese Porcelain in the Conde Collection, Madrid, 2014, p. 229, no. 85.
拍品专文
Curiously, the identical couple appear on the forehead of a large ox-head tureen. The origin of that order is unknown. See W.R. Sargent, referenced above.