30 Soup Plate Yongzheng period circa 1730 European market Diameter: 9 inches; 23cm A Chinese eggshell porcelain soup plate delicately enamelled with a lady and two boys, the rim with grisaille cell-pattern border reserved with floral panels. References: Williamson pl XXXIII, two soup plates with the same central scene but different borders, and a larger dish with similar border but different central group; Jorg 1997, No 241 similar centre but pink border; Santos & Allen, 2005, p54, an identical plate from the collection of Dr Anton C R Dreesmann.
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