A pair of Chinese gilt-decorated iron-red 'Baptism' dishes, Yongzheng

Dia.: 27,7 cm

Depicting the scene of the baptism of Christ by St John, the borders with flower wreaths held by an eagle and putti, two of them deploying the biblical reference 'MAT.3.16'

Provenance: Both with Christie's Amsterdam labels from the 'European Noble and Private Collections' sale, 16 December 2009, lot 156. (sold EUR 4.750,00) (link)

Ref.: 
- Christie's New York, 23 January 2001, lot 127, for a nearly identical pair. (sold USD 4.112,00) (link)
- Hervouët and Bruneau, La Porcelaine des Compagnies des Indes à Décor Occidental, Paris, 1986, p. 263, fig. 11.14.
- M. Jourdain and R. Soame Jenyns, Chinese Export Art in the Eighteenth Century, 1950, p.;117, fig.87.

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