A RARE FAMILLE ROSE CANTON ENAMEL DEEP DISH, Qianlong (1736 - 1795)
Diameter: 43.5cm; 17 ins.
Painted in the centre with a dignitary holding a sceptre, seated before a lavish screen on a balustraded terrace, being fanned by his two attendants and receiving his courtiers, the...
Painted in the centre with a dignitary holding a sceptre, seated before a lavish screen on a balustraded terrace, being fanned by his two attendants and receiving his courtiers, the well sides decorated with three dragons among swirling clouds on a blue ground, the foliate rim decorated with fruit on a yellow ground, interrupted with panels of flowers, peaches, pomegranates and insects on a white ground.