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A RARE CHINESE EXPORT EUROPEAN SUBJECT PLATE, QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD |清乾隆 墨彩描金西洋人物圖盤
Auction Closed
January 26, 08:38 PM GMT
Estimate
1,500 - 2,500 USD
Lot Details
Description
A RARE CHINESE EXPORT EUROPEAN SUBJECT PLATE
QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD
清乾隆 墨彩描金西洋人物圖盤
painted en grisaille in the center with a gentleman holding a gun with a dog by his side in landscape, the well inscribed PETRUS DE WOOLFF PETR FIL, the rim painted with blue and gilt flower sprays within gilt vine border
diameter 9½ in.; 24.2 cm
Sotheby's Amsterdam, May 13, 1991, lot 248 (part lot)
Henry Moog, Atlanta
The present example comes from a rare group of porcelains painted after an engraving by Peter Schnek (1660-1718), adapted from a mezzotint by John Smith based on a portrait by William Wissing (1658-87) of John Cecil 'The Lord Burghley' and later the 6th Marquess of Exeter. For further discussion see David Howard and John Ayers, China for the West, vol. I, London, 1978, cat. no. 244.