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.
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