Lot 136. Paire de plats  en porcelaine bleu blanc à décor d'européens, Chine, dynastie Qing,  Époque Kangxi, circa 1720; 34 cm, 13 3/8 in. Estimate 15,000-20,000 EUR. Lot Sold 34,350 EUR. Photo Sotheby's 201

l'intérieur orné de trois musiciens occidentaux jouant dans un jardin, la scène entourée de huit cartouches abritant des scènes lacustres animées de personnages et pagodes, l'extérieur orné de branches de bambou. 

A pair of blue and white porcelain dishes decorated with Europeans, China, Qing Dynasty, Kangxi period, circa 1720

PROVENANCE: Ancienne collection Charles Fabri.

Note: This scene is one of the earliest examples of the use of an identified European print, this one 'The Music Party' was drawn by Robert Bonnart and engraved by his brother Nicholas Bonnart (1646-1718).

Compare with a similar dish illustrated in David S. Howard, The Choice of the Private Trader, Minneapolis, 1994, p.40.

See also a similar dish sold at Christie's New York, 21st March 2002, lot 195.

Sotheby's. Arts D'Asie, Paris, 15 déc. 2011