0806 Chinese Kangxi dish with figures a la Mode Fontage` Representing the Sense of Smell.
Description:
0806
Chinese dish with underglaze blue scene of figures a la Mode Fontage` Representing the Sense of Smell. Damaged by burning during the bombardment of Rotterdam in 1940 during World War 2
Description as taken from Robert McPherson Antiques:
A Small Kangxi Blue and White Chinese Export Porcelain Plate with a European Design. Decorated with Figures `a la Mode Fontage` Representing the Sense of Smell. The Design is Taken From a French Engraving (c. 1690) Possibly by the Bonnard Brothers.
References:
For a pair of Kangxi Blue and White Porcelain plates of this pattern see : Chinese Decorative Arts and Export Porcelain, Sotheby`s, London, 27th October and 1st of November 1989, lot 422 ; “A Fine and Rare Pair of European Subject Dishes, Kangxi”. For a another similar pair of Kangxi Porcelain dishes see : Exhibition of Chinese Blue and White – Wanli to K`ang Hsi (S.Marchant & Son, c.1980, catalogue without a date) Item 80. A “pair of rare European subject blue and white small plates` of this pattern are illustrated in : Fine Chinese Works of Art, Christie`s New York, May 9th and 10th 1981. For a further pair of Chinese Export porcelain plates with this subject see : Fine Chinese Works of Art, Sotheby Parke Bernet Inc, New York, lot 264.
Diameter: 154mm
Period: 17th century Kangxi
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Additional Information
| Type | |
|---|---|
| Region of origin | China |
| China dynasty period | Qing (1661 – 1912) |
| Decoration type colour | Blue & White |
| Emperor | Kangxi (1661-1722) |
| Century | 17th century |
| Size | 20cm-21cm |