A rare Chinese export 'eggshell' 'European subject' bowl, Qing dynasty, Yongzheng period
清雍正 外銷西洋人物圖薄胎盌

The finely potted bowl in 'eggshell' porcelain, decorated to the exterior with a 'European subject' theme depicting a couple, the gentleman wearing pink robes and the lady wearing blue robes, further decorated with gilt-decorated floral sprays, the rim with geometric borders, floral cartouches and foliate medallions

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Dimensions: 14cm diameter

Santos, London; illustrated in A. Varela Santos, '100 Years of Chinese Export Porcelain', 2014/2015, cat. 112.

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著錄於 A. Varela Santos，《100 Years of Chinese Export Porcelain》，2014/2015 年，圖錄編號 112

Literature:

G.C. Williamson. Book of Famille Rose, colour plate XL for a small bowl and for a similar beaker and saucer with the same decoration;

R.L. Hobson, B. Rackham & W. King. Chinese Ceramics in Private Collections, London 1931, p. 157, fig. 288 for a similar plate from the W.J. Holt Collection;

C. J. A. Jörg. Chinese export-porcelain, Chine de Commande from the Royal Museums of Art and History in Brussels, Hong Kong 1989, p. 206/207, cat. 79 for a covered bowl and a saucer with this pattern;

D.F. Lunsingh Scheurleer. Chinese Export Porcelain, Chine de Commande, fig. 220 for a saucer with similar decoration.