Painted in famille rose enamels with a Maiden Immortal poling a boat formed as a gilt-heightened underglaze-blue lotus leaf filled with flowers, surrounded by large leaves and blossoms.
Painted in famille rose enamels with a Maiden Immortal poling a boat formed as a gilt-heightened underglaze-blue lotus leaf filled with flowers, surrounded by large leaves and blossoms.
For a plate of this pattern, see Christie’s London, 11 mai 2004, lot 183.
For four plates, see Christie’s NYC, 25 january 2011, lots 127 & 128.
Bibliography :
« Compagnie des Indes, l’ABC du collectionneur, librairie Duponchelle, p. 8 » – Chinese Porcelain Compagny, 1998, B, n°52 -Forbes 1982, n°19 -Godden 1979, pl. 85 -Howard and Ayers 1978, vol. II, n°555-557 -Jörg 1989, n°30 -Mudge, 1986, fig. 254 -Veiga, 1989, pl. 240-241
This design is also know as the « lady on the lily pad ».