Lot 313
  • 313

A PAIR OF CHINESE EXPORT EUROPEAN SUBJECT PLATES, QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD |

Estimate
1,500 - 2,500 USD
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Description

  • diameter 9 1/4 in.; 23.5 cm
each painted in the center with a scene of a lady seated beneath a tree beside a huntsman and a dog, with a further figure amongst the branches above

Catalogue Note

This pattern, often known as 'Peeping Tom', is illustrated in Michel Beurdeley, Porcelain of the East India Companies, London, 1962, cat. no. 127, where the author mentions that the composition is inspired by a print by Moreau le Jeune of around 1760.