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A blue and white leaf shaped serving dish, Qing dynasty, Qianlong (1736-95).
A blue and white leaf shaped serving dish, Qing dynasty, Qianlong (1736-95).
Decorated with figures in a garden and quails in the foreground. Length 39 cm.
Minor chips. Firingcracks. Frittings.
Kirjallisuus
Howard, David and Ayers, John; China for the West, vol II, 1978. no 546, pl 534-535.
Muut tiedot
After a Meissen model. The form and design of this is reminiscent of Japanese Kakiemon porcelain of the late seventeenth century, which due to its popularity in Europe was copied at Meissen in circa 1740. They then added the 'chinoiserie figures'.