Paire de plats en porcelaine bleu blanc à décor d'européens Chine, dynastie Ming, époque Kangxi, circa 1720

l'intérieur orné de trois musiciens occidentaux jouant dans un jardin, la scène entourée de huit cartouches abritant des scènes lacustres animées de personnages et pagodes, l'extérieur orné de branches de bambou

Ancienne collection Charles Fabri.

The first dish is in good condition with the exception of two minor flakes/fritting beneath the rim (2 and 3mm). Expected small iron spots, light scratches inside, pin prick air bubbles and minor firing imperfections below the base. The second dish is also in good condition with the exception of some natural fritting on a 2 and 5cm section by the rim. An unburst air bubble and light scratches to the surface glaze inside.
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This scene is one of the earliest examples of the use of an identified European print, this one 'The Music Party' was drawn by Robert Bonnart and engraved by his brother Nicholas Bonnart (1646-1718).
Compare with a similar dish illustrated in David S. Howard, The Choice of the Private Trader, Minneapolis, 1994, p. 40.
See also a similar dish sold at Christie's New York, 21^st March 2002, lot 195.