Pair of Chinese Grisaille European Subject Dishes, Qianlong (1736-95)

Ref: W879

Pair of Chinese grisaille European subject dishes, Qianlong (1736-95), each decorated to the central roundel with a lady seated in a curtained window seat sewing, her right hand raised with a threaded needle, her left holding a swathe of fabric with gilt fringing, a port scene visible through the window over her shoulder; the cavetto with festoons of swagged flowerheads; the rim with four alternating shingled sections with flowerheads, seedpods and pigeons with wings outstretched, all in black enamel with gilt highlights.

Dimensions:

Diameter: 22.5cm. (8 3/4in.)

Condition:

Good; slight wear

Notes:

A related plate is illustrated in William R. Sargent (2012) Treasures of Chinese Export Ceramics from the Peabody Essex Museum. Salem. (p.339, no.181). Another example, along with a whole tea service of this pattern, can be found in Phillips, John Goldsmith (1956) China Trade Porcelain: An Account of its Historical Background, Manufacture and Decoration, and a Study of the Helena Woolworth McCann Collection. Cambridge, MA (p.140, pl.58).