0220 A very Nicely painted Encre de Chine Lobbed Landscape Dish.

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0220
A very Nicely painted Encre de Chine Lobbed Landscape Dish.

A similar teapot as described by Robert McPherson. An 18th Century Dutch Decorated Chinese Export Porcelain  dish. The decoration found on this dish relates to a relatively small group of Chinese Export Porcelain teawares decorated in Holland between about 1750 and 1760. They are not overdecorated, the plain white Chinese porcelain must have been ordered specially for enameling in Holland. The subject matter is of Dutch rustic landscapes with buildings and is contained within gilded bracketed borders. The decoration is always very well executed and appears to be by the same hand, the painting is confident and free flowing, and quite unlike En Grisaille porcelain imported from China. Superficially the decoration gives the appearance of being copied from engravings, however on closer inspection the free drawing of the lines appears closer to what one would expect to see on an etching. The minimum use of cross-hatching, the use curved lines, dots and dashes are also closer to etching than engraving.
Qing Dynasty
Qianlong Period (1736-1795)
Date ca 1740
Diameter: 113mm