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Chinese export plate decorated in opaque enamels of the famille rose (fencai) palette with Earth, one of the “Four Elements”, after a painting by Francesco Albani, c. 1750, Qianlong reign.

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Rare Chinese export porcelain plate decorated in opaque enamels of the famille rose (fencai) palette with the representation of Earth, one of the “Four Elements”, after a painting by the Italian Baroque painter Francesco Albani (1578-1660), c. 1750, Qianlong reign, Qing dynasty, d. 22cm, 8¾ in. 6.4020

Illustrated: Qing Export Porcelain, by A. Varela Santos, 2015/2016, cat. 79.

Bibliography:

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.

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。