A Chinese 'Camel and groom' dish, Qing dynasty with Daoguang seal mark in red.
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Decorated in vivid enamels with a groom leading a camel. Seal mark in red. Diameter 16.7 cm.
Provenance
Property of a private Swedish collector.
Exhibitions
Compare with a pair of cups with this decoration, sold at Christies, lot 743. 27 JUN – 12 JUL 2022 | Online 21259. Art of Asia.
Compare also, this design of a Manchu official leading a camel and another on horseback leading a dog can be found on Daoguang mark and period snuff bottles such as the snuff bottle sold by Christie's New York on 19 March 2008, lot 206.
More information
It has been suggested that this theme derives from renderings of the Imperial hunting trip called Qiuli (Autumn hunting),.
A Tradition that was instituted by the Kangxi emperor and continued into the Daoguang reign in the early nineteenth century.
Given the other items mentioned above, one can perhaps think that these were part of a hunting service.