Bidspirit auction | Set 4 Export European Subject

Set 4 Export European Subject Dishes - Set of four Chinese export European subject deep plates, Kangxi. Each decorated after a European print depicting the Sense of Smell with two ladies and gallant companions wearing long robes and Western dress holding flower sprays. Illustrated in David S. Howard, ”Choice of the Private Trader, ” pg. 41, no. 7. Provenance: Christie's, London, ”Fine Chinese Export Porcelain, ” 10 November 1983, Lot 221A (two plates); The Distinguished Collection of Leo & Doris Hodroff. Reference: Howard & Ayers, ”China for the West, ” Vol. I, pg. 78, no. 36. Diameter, each: 6 1/4 in. Condition: To one plate there are two repairs: a repaired crack to the rim and a small repair to the edge of the rim. Several small chips to the upper rim of this plate. Another plate with a hairline cracks and some small chips to the edge of the rim. A third plate with a small chip to the edge of the rim.