A Chinese famille rose “doctor’s consultation” plate. Qianlong

Decorated in the famille rose palette with seven figures in a landscape, the border with floral sprays interspersed with insects and butterflies.

COUNTRY : China
PERIOD : Qianlong (1736-1795), ca. 1760
MATIERIAL : Porcelain
SIZE : 8.66 in. (22.5 cm)
REFERENCE : E462
STATUT : sold
Related works :

An identical plate was published by François et Nicole Hervouët in La Porcelaine des Compagnies des Indes à Décor Occidental, 1986, p. 353, no. 13.39  (full page colours).

Additonal informations :

The print remains unknown and this decoration is usually describes as a doctor treating a patient. It should have been an interpretation of some “fête champêtre” by Pater or Lancret.

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