Olivia Xu
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The John E. Bodie OBE (1930-2023) Collection of Chinese Art
大英帝國官佐勳章獲勳人John E. Bodie(1930-2023)中國藝術品收藏
大英帝國官佐勳章獲勳人John E. Bodie(1930-2023)中國藝術品收藏
Lot 45
A SET OF FOUR PAINTED ENAMEL 'EUROPEAN FIGURES' SAUCER-DISHES Yongzheng/early Qianlong
16 May 2024, 10:00 BST
London, New Bond Street£3,000 - £5,000
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A SET OF FOUR PAINTED ENAMEL 'EUROPEAN FIGURES' SAUCER-DISHES
Yongzheng/early Qianlong
Each decorated with a European gentleman seated beneath a tree and boy pointing to a book seated in a garden, within border panels of fruit and flower sprays, the undersides with peony roundels encircled by phoenix and dragon cartouches on lime-green floral grounds.
12.2cm (4 3/4in) diam. (4).
Each decorated with a European gentleman seated beneath a tree and boy pointing to a book seated in a garden, within border panels of fruit and flower sprays, the undersides with peony roundels encircled by phoenix and dragon cartouches on lime-green floral grounds.
12.2cm (4 3/4in) diam. (4).
Footnotes
清雍正/乾隆早期 銅胎畫琺瑯西洋人物圖盤 一組四件
Provenance: John Sparks Ltd., London, 15 October 1962 (invoice); also noted by John Sparks Ltd., London, 27 March 1961 (on approbation letter)
John E. Bodie OBE (1930-2023), London, collection no.106
來源： 倫敦古董商John Sparks Ltd.，1962年10月15日（據收據）；倫敦古董商 John Sparks Ltd.在1961年3月27日亦有提及（認可函）
大英帝國官佐勳章獲勳人John E. Bodie (1930-2023)，倫敦，藏品編號106
Compare with a similar pair of painted enamel dishes with European figures beside a boy pointing to a book, Yongzheng, illustrated in Chinese Painted Enamels from Private and Museum Collections,, New York, 1969, p.39, no.54. See also a painted enamel snuff box and cover but with similar design of a European gentleman beside a boy, early 18th century, illustrated in Chinese Painted Enamel, Oxford, 1978, p.22, no.15.
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