A RARE SET OF FOUR EUROPEAN SUBJECT PAINTED ENAMEL PLAQUES, EARLY QIANLONG PERIOD, CIRCA 1740

A RARE SET OF FOUR EUROPEAN SUBJECT PAINTED ENAMEL PLAQUES
EARLY QIANLONG PERIOD, CIRCA 1740
Finely enameled in the famille rose palette with scenes of elegantly dressed Europeans and putti at leisure in Chinese palace gardens, several with small dogs, one with putto chasing a hare, antiques and a tiled floor visible through the pavilion windows behind them, modern gilt wood frames
7 1/8 in. (17.8 cm) high, 4 ¼ in. (10.2 cm) wide, each

Provenance
The collection of Mr. And Mrs. Rafi Y. Mottahedeh.
The Mottahedeh Collection; Sotheby’s, New York, 19 October 2000, lot 412.

Pre-Lot Text
MARCHANT, EST. 1925 (Lots 59-100 and 116-173)

Literature
Published in China for the West, vol. II by David Howard and John Ayers, page 632, no. 658.
Published by J.A. Loyd Hyde in Chinese Painted Enamels in Private and Museum Collections, no. 4.

Exhibited
China Institute in America, 1969-70, p. 12, no. 4.
The De Cordova Museum, 1979.
The Chinese Porcelain Company, Chinese Painted Enamels of the 18th Century, October 1993, pl. 44.