Important Chinese Art
Important Chinese Art
A PAINTED ENAMEL 'EUROPEAN SUBJECT' PLAQUE QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD | 清乾隆 銅胎畫琺瑯西洋人物圖插屏
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A PAINTED ENAMEL 'EUROPEAN SUBJECT' PLAQUE
QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD
清乾隆 銅胎畫琺瑯西洋人物圖插屏
of rectangular form, brightly enamelled and delicately painted with a scene of luxuriantly robed figures of Western ladies and gentlemen engaged in various leisurely pursuits on an open terrace, including a seated gentleman playing a lute accompanied by two children respectively playing the flute and clappers, framed and with wood stand
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16.6 by 19.8 cm, 6½ by 7¾ in.
W. L. Hildburgh, Chinese Painted Enamels with European Subjects, The Burlington Magazine for Connoisseurs, Vol. 79, No. 462, 1941, pl. IIA.
W. L. Hildburgh，《Chinese Painted Enamels With European Subjects》， The Burlington Magazine for Connoisseurs, Vol. 79, No. 462, 1941年, 圖版 IIA
A saucer decorated with a related scene, was included in the exhibition Chinese Painted Enamels, Ashomolean Museum, Oxford, 1978, cat. no. 31.