The Helen Espir Collection - 12 Nov 2014
Two Chinese porcelain Dutch-decorated plates Yongzheng 1723-35
Two Chinese porcelain Dutch-decorated plates Yongzheng 1723-35, the smaller decorated in China in the famille rose palette with a lady and her maid standing beneath willow and before rockwork in a garden landscape, her maid holding a lute wrapped in a fabric cover, the larger plate decorated in Holland copying the original Chinese design, 27.8cm max. (2)
Provenance: the Helen Espir Collection, nos. 937 and 940.
These two dishes provide a rare opportunity to acquire such an exact copy with the original design to compare.