Chinese export famille rose and ruby-backed eggshell porcelain soup plate, ca. 1730-35. Finely enameled with a leaf-shaped cartouche containing a scene of a…

Chinese export famille rose and ruby-backed eggshell porcelain soup plate, ca. 1730-35. Finely enameled with a leaf-shaped cartouche containing a scene of a maiden attended by two young boys, one holding a ruyi scepter. They are surrounded by a table holding scholar's objects and large vases. A cell-pattern interrupted by four flower cartouches at the rim. Illustrated in Howard & Ayers, "China for the West," Vol. I, pg. 163, no. 149. Provenance: JHR. C. Repelaer Collection, The Netherlands, po

Category

Asian art

Location

St. Paul