A CHINESE EN GRISAILLE 'LE PECHEUR' DISH Qing Dynasty, Qianlong Period, circa 1750 清乾隆 約1750年 墨彩釣魚圖紋盤 Decorated en grisaille to the centre with a scene depicting a lone fisherman standing barefoot on a riverbank, holding out a fishing rod beside two large fishing baskets as a pair of geese fly overhead through the cloudy sky, all enclosed within a border decorated with four landscape vignettes painted in gilt and iron-red, interspersed with gilt florettes on a cell-pattern ground, 22.5cm diameter Note: The scene is copied from a print by C.J. Visscher de Jonge, a Dutch engraver, who based his design on a drawing by Abraham Bloemaert (1564-1651). For an example see D. S. Lunsingh Scheurleer, 'Chinese Export Porcelain – Chine demande', London, 1974, fig. 207, for an illustration of this print, together with two plates with this design as figs. 206 and 298. Aparable dish, from the Dr. Anton C.R. Dreesmann collection, was sold at Christie’s, 10th April 2002, lot 425. Another dish from the Jean-Louis Binder Collection was sold at Christie's London, The J. Louis Binder Collection of Chinese Export Art, London, 17th June 2003, lot 51. A very similar dish is in the Royal Museums of Art and History, Brussels, exhibited Hong Kong, 1989/90, Catalogue no.44.