Chinese export porcelain plate decorated in translucent enamels of the famille verte (wucai) palette and in opaque enamels from the famille rose (fencai) palette (rose-verte) with a European ship and a pilot’s Chinese junk, c. 1725, Yongzheng reign

Chinese export porcelain dinner plate decorated in translucent enamels of the famille verte (wucai) palette and in opaque enamels from the famille rose (fencai) palette (rose-verte) with a European ship and a pilot’s Chinese junk, base with shop mark in under-glaze cobalt blue (qinghua), c. 1725, Yongzheng reign, Qing dynasty, d. 21 cm, 8¼ in. 6.12068

Illustrated: 100 Years of Chinese Export Porcelain, by A. Varela Santos, 2014/2015, cat. 11.

Literature:

• China for the West, by D. Howard and J. Ayers, London and New York 1978, p. 218, fig. 215 for a teapot and a plate;

• The Choice of the Private Trader, the Hodroff Collection, by D. Howard, Minneapolis 1994, p. 60, cat. 35 for a plate and p. 148, cat. 158 for a tea pot.

◆ This plate shows the Europeans’ first view of Chinese land at the mouth of Pearl River while waiting for the pilot to take them up in the river to Guanzhong (Canton). A similar but more elaborate view is known in reverse glass and oil paintings mainly from the 19th century.

中國外銷瓷五彩加粉彩海景主餐盤, 繪有半透明釉上彩 (五彩) 和不透明釉上彩 (粉彩)紋飾,圖案 為一條歐洲大船和一葉中國領航員的帆板,底落青花隨意款。 約1725年, 清雍正, 直徑21 釐米, 8 1⁄4 英吋

插图: 《百年中国外销瓷》 阿.瓦瑞拉.桑托斯, 2014/2015, 目录 110。

文獻:

•《西行中國》，作者D. Howard及J. Ayers，1978年倫敦和紐約出版，見第218頁，圖215一件茶壺和一件瓷盤；

•《Hodroff收藏，私人貿易者的選擇》，作者D. Howard，1994年明尼阿波利斯出版，見第60頁，編號35一件瓷盤及第148頁，編號158一件茶壺。

◆ 此盤表現了歐洲人第一眼見到中國陸地時, 在珠江口停泊等待中國領航員帶領他們沿江而上, 開往廣州 (廣 東) 的情景。在19世紀玻璃反畫和油畫中, 經常見到類似然而更加繁複的畫面 。