Famille Rose Mythological Subject Plate, Qianlong (1736-1795), C.1740

Ref: W94

Chinese famille rose mythological subject 'four elements' plate, Qianlong (1736-1795) c.1740, painted with an allegorical scene representing 'Earth', with Cybèle accompanied by three of the 'four seasons', Bacchus, Flora and Ceres, in a chariot drawn by mythical beasts, the surrounding landscape with a maiden reclining on a pink rug in the foreground having flowers put into her hair by an attendant putto, two further putti on a mat with flute and basket of fruit, two others playing and picking flowers; all within a blue scrolling border

Dimensions:

Diameter: 23.2cm. (9 1/8 in.)

Condition:

Good

Notes:

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The scene on this plate is based on a painting by Francesco Albani (1578-1660) commissioned for the Borghese Palace, Rome. Albani painted a set of four mythological scenes representing the elements for the palace and later produced three variant series, the best-known being for Cardinal Maurice of Savoy in 1635, now in the Turin Museum. The popularity of such scenes and their rendering by various engravers made them a popular subject choice for export porcelain. For a similar example see William R. Sargent 'Treasures of Chinese Export' Yale 2012, p. 297 llustrated: Qing Export Porcelain, by A. Varela Santos, 2015/2016, cat. 79.

• The Book of Famille Rose, by G.C. Williamson, plate XXXIX;

• A Winterthur Guide to Chinese Export Porcelain, by A.M. Palmer, New York 1976, colour plate 7 for a similar plate;

• Treasures of Chinese Export Ceramics from the Peabody Essex Museum, by W.R. Sargent, Salem, MA 2012, p. 297, cat. 156 for a plate and a teapot with this decoration;

• Chinese export-porcelain, Chine de Commande from the Royal Museums of Art and History in Brussels, catalogue by C.J.A. Jörg, Hong Kong 1989, p. 178/179, cat. 65 for a tea bowl and saucer with the same decoration;

• Collecting Chinese Export Porcelain, by E. Gordon, 1978, p. 61, cat. 46 for a similar plate;

• A Tale of Three Cities: Canton, Shanghai & Hong Kong, by D.S. Howard, 1997 London, p. 111, cat. 133 for a similar plate with gilt border;

• see Lunsingh Scheurleer pl 232.

珍稀的中國外銷瓷粉彩圓盤，紋飾為地球的象征，“四元素”之一，這是模仿意大利巴洛克風格畫家弗朗西斯科•阿爾巴尼（1578-1660）的一幅畫作，約1750年，清乾隆，直徑22釐米，8¾ 英吋。

插图:《清代外銷瓷》, 阿.瓦瑞拉.桑托斯, 2015/2016,目录 79。

參考文獻：

•《粉彩大全》，作者G.C. Williamson, 圖39；

•《溫特圖爾導讀中國外銷瓷器》，作者A.M. Palmer, 參見彩圖7一近器；

•《Peabody Essex博物館的中國外銷瓷器珍藏》，作者W.R. Sargent，2012年馬薩諸塞州塞勒姆市出版，參見第297頁第156號有著相同紋飾的一圓盤及一茶壺；

•《中國外銷瓷器，布魯塞爾皇家藝術及歷史博物館館藏的中國瓷器》，作者C.J.A. Jörg，1989 年香港出版，參見第178、179頁第65號有著相同紋飾的一茶碗和托盤

• 《中國外銷瓷收藏》,作者E. Gordon,1978年出版,參見第61頁,編號46一近器；

• 《三城記：廣州，上海和香港》，作者D.S. Howard，1997年倫敦出版，見第111頁，編號133一件外壁描金的類似碟子。