87.

PLATE .       23 cm.

Delicately  painted in FAMILLE  ROSE .   Central quatrefoil  reserve with a court-lady playing a " qin" music-instrument ;  seated beside vessels and a  black chest with drawers  . Reserved on a diaper ground with white enamel scrolling foliage .  The border -  originaly done in silver, now black oxydated - with cartouches of upper-glaze blue floral design , alternated with cartouches in iron-red and gilt .

Period :          YONGZHENG   :     1723 - 1735 .

Refer.:   " La Céramique Chinoise ", Van Goidsenhove ( 1936 ), .
              " The DREESMAN Collection ",Christie's London,10/04/2002, 362.

Perfect  condition .