Ref: X467
Archive item - not for sale
Famille-rose plate, Qianlong (1736-1795), circa 1750, finely decorated in rich famille-rose enamels, the centre with Don Quixote holding a lance and wearing a full blue armour and a puce cloak seated astride his horse, Rosinante and Sancho Panza holding the bridle and two women, watching from behind a tree to one side , the border with four grisaille vignettes with landscape alternating with birds among trees, each enclosed within a narrow gilt border, diameter 9 in. ; 23 cm. For a similar plate see Howard (D.) and Ayers (J.): China for the West, 1978, volume one, p.346 plate 344 SOLD
