Chinese Canton Enamel Dish, Qianlong (1736-95), decorated to the centre with a garden scene, with four scholars deep in conversation on a veranda and two figures walking in the foreground, with a pair of cranes, pine, bamboo and plantain, the cavetto with four lobed cartouches containing stylised lotus heads amongst scrolling foliage, set in a band of black foliate scroll on an ice-blue ground, the rim with scattered sprays of fruits and flowers including Buddha's hand citron, chrysanthemum, peony, iris, pomegranate and peach.
Dimensions:
Diameter: 44cm. (17.323 in.)
