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The 'Mandarin palette' bowl richly painted in shades of puce, teal and orange, enriched with gilt highlights, the interior with central roundel depicting a hunting scene framed by landscape cartouches, the similarly painted rim also with dragon-masks, butterflies and figures in reserve, the exterior with two large panels painted after James Seymour (1702-1752) with equestrian scenes of hunters and hounds, one before a manor house, flanked by further reserves depicting Chinese bathers, all on a cell-pattern ground
1618 in. (41 cm.) diameter
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English painter James Seymour (1702-1752) was a self-taught artist known for his depictions of sporting and equestrian scenes. His most popular works were idyllic panoramic depictions of hunters and their dogs in expansive English landscapes; these were widely reproduced as prints, which made their way into the hands of Chinese porcelain workshops who copied and adapted the scenes in an effort to appeal to their Western market. The influence of Eastern iconography such as the patterns, palette and symbols, combined with idealized Western country pursuits have remained an appealing combination to this day. Related examples can be found in various museums around the world, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York (accession no: 51.86.25) and the Victoria & Albert Museum in London (accession no: C.22-1951).

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