A Chinese famille rose 'European Subject' fish-bowl
Qianlong (1736-1795)
Painted to each side with a panel depicting a delegation of the Dutch Embassy paying their tribute to emperor Qianlong, mounted with two lion's-head handles, the flaring rim with cartouches of flowers, the interior painted with fish between large lotus flowers, broken and reglued
56 cm. diam.
A Chinese famille rose 'European Subject' fish-bowl
Qianlong (1736-1795)
Painted to each side with a panel depicting a delegation of the Dutch Embassy paying their tribute to emperor Qianlong, mounted with two lion's-head handles, the flaring rim with cartouches of flowers, the interior painted with fish between large lotus flowers, broken and reglued
56 cm. diam.
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