A famille rose porcelain dish China, Qing Dynasty (1644 - 1912), Qianlong (1735 - 1796) finely decotated in overglaze famille rose enamels with in the middle a man in European costume with a yellow jacket is seated on a rock surrounded by flowers and playing an oboe; around him is a border of baroque scrolls and shells in rose-pink and pale blue; outside this is a border of cresting in red and gold. On the rim are European figures in compartments. Provenance: Portuguese private collection References: Victoria and Alber museum London - ceramic room 137, the Curtain Foundation Gallery, C.31-1915 (accession number) - given by Lieutenant-colonel Kenneth Dingwall D.S.O , , Diameter: 20.5 cm