A BLACK-GROUND PAINTED ENAMEL 'EUROPEAN SUBJECT' SAUCER DISH, QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY

A BLACK-GROUND PAINTED ENAMEL 'EUROPEAN SUBJECT' SAUCER DISH

QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY

清十八世紀 銅胎畫琺瑯西洋人物圖小盤



the flared shallow sides raised on a short foot, brightly painted to the center with a riverscape scene with a European figure seated under a gnarled overhanging tree and holding a cup in the hand, surrounded by three large vessels, all encircled by four shaped cartouches enclosing flowers and riverscapes around the cavetto, the underside painted in blue enamel with dense flower scrolls, the base with a roundel of stylized foliates in red

Diameter 4¾ in., 12. 2 cm