A rare pair of European subject plates, early Qianlong, each one decorated in famille rose enamels, with a scene from a Watteau engraving, depicting an amorous couple and a mandolin player, a decorative scroll around the rim, 23 cm. Provenance: Christies Amsterdam, 10/5/2000, lot 224. Ex: Randal red; W. Hewitt collection, Literature: Hervouet and Bruneau, La porcelain des Campagnies des Indes a Decor Occidental, p 188, No. 8.15