Auction 158 Antiques & Works of Art,
Silver & Jewellery

435

A pair of Chinese export porcelain dishes with 'The Embroiderer' scene


Estimate

800 - 1.200


Session 2

26 March 2026



Description

Chinese export porcelain
Grisaille and gilt decoration, depicting at the centre a composition with a young woman seated embroidering in an interior, with an open window revealing a coastal landscape with houses and boats
The central scene is set within a large shaped reserve on a white ground, bordered by gilt foliage
Cavetto and border decorated with geometric pattern in grisaille
Qianlong period, c.1750

Diam.: 22,5 cm


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Literature:
See Hervouet, François et Nicole. Yves "La porcelaine des Compagnie des Indes à décor Occidental". Flammarion, Paris 1986, p. 131, no. 6.48



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