A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE 'APOLLO AND DAPHNE' DISH.

Qing Dynasty, Qianlong period, circa 1735.

Depicting the Greek god playing his lyre, seated beside his beloved nymph on a rock in a hilly grass field with trees in the background, the everted rim with finely painted sprays of chrysanthemum and peony, 22.5cm diameter.

Provenance: an English private collection.

清乾隆約一七三五 粉彩繪阿波罗与黛芙妮圖紋折沿碟

來源：英國私人收藏。

Greek Myth tells of the lover Apollo chasing Daphne who turns herself into a tree to escape him. Here they are pictured in a more happy union. This dish would have been copied from a European etching in China and produced for export to the West.