Iron, lacquer and gold colour. Chinese-European, 19th cent.
The typical Chinese Sanshui theme including mountains, water, boats, pavilions and people depicted in the depressed flat area. A mandarin with a lady and servants in the center of an island playing music, smoking and a mechanical puppet show playing. On other íslands are pavilions, several boats as well as birds, ducks and fish. The lip of the plate is decorated with numerous stylized Chinese characters. Centrally at the top between a flying heron and boat with persons in it are the characters lin, “forest”, and shu, “letter”. Below the bird is presumably the signature of the artists, containing “A Z”.
SIZE 71,2 x 55,7 CM
From a German collection