A Chinese camaïeu carmin “card players” plate. Qianlong
Finely enameled at the center with two figures seated at a table playing cards watched by another seated figure and a fourth standing holding a pipe, to their right a further seated figure holds his wine goblet in one hand and his other arm embracing the waist of the serving wench, in the foreground cockerels, a hen and her chicks feeding, below two narrow gilt bands in the well, and pink enamel floral garlands suspended from shaped scale-pattern cartouches divided by peacocks at the border, in the style of Du Pasquier.
- Country:
- China
- Period :
- Qianlong (1735-1795), ca. 1740
- Material:
- Porcelain
- Dimension:
- 8.66 in. (23 cm)
- Reference :
- D367a
- Status:
- sold
Provenance
Louis Damon (1860-1947), Paris
Related works
For a polychrome card players plate, see Christie’s NYC, Mandarin & Menagerie: The Sowell Collection and Chinese Export Art from various owners, 26 january 2015, lot 102.
Notice
The design after an engraving inspired by the David Teniers painting Fêtes Champètre and found in several colorways in export porcelain, all with these du Paquier style borders
In 1887, Louis Damon became the owner of the «Au Vase Etrusque» store situated 20, Boulevard Malherbes in Paris. He edited glassware made by the Frères Daum then returned to his workshop to be decorated, sometimes by himself, with Art Nouveau motifs.
