A Rare Chinese Export Porcelain Plate from a Service Made for Catherine II the Great Qing Dynasty, Qianlong, circa 1785 9-1/2 inches (24.1 cm) PROVENANCE: Sotheby’s New York, January 17, 2002, part of lot 264; John Atzbach Antiques, Bellevue, Washington; The Kathleen Durdin Collection of Russian Decorative Arts, Tampa, Florida. For a comparable plate, cf. Christie's New York, The Peter H B Frelinghuysen Jr Collection of Chinese Export Porcelain, January 24, 2012, lot 125. See also China for the West, Chinese Porcelain & other Decorative Arts for Export Illustrated from the Mottahedeh Collection (David S. Howard and John Ayers, Sotheby's,1978, Vol. II, page 455, number 461. For another please see Christie's London, Fine Chinese Export Ceramics and Works of Art, November 1st, 1993, lot 136. Property from the Kathleen Durdin Collection HID12401132022 © 2024 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved