A CHINESE EXPORT PORCELAIN BLUE AND WHITE 'BURGHLEY HOUSE' DISH Qianlong Period, Circa 1745-1750 Painted in underglaze blue with a Tudor-style mansion surrounded by an expansive lawn, two pheasants in a tree, another on the ground, and a fourth flying overhead, enclosed by decorative bands at the cavetto and rim. 9in (22.8cm) diam. Footnotes: Provenance: Lurie Collection, coll. no. 197, by repute (according to label) Burghley House was constructed between 1555 and 1587 for William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley (1520-1598), the chief advisor to Queen Elizabeth I (r. 1558-1603). He also served as Secretary of State twice (1550–1553 and 1558–1572) and as Lord High Treasurer in 1572. The home itself is considered a masterpiece of Tudor architecture and houses a renowned art collection with particular depth in Chinese and Japanese export porcelains, as well as European and English ceramics. Images of Burghley House also appear on English delftware with a composition resembling the Chinese examples, although lacking the birds or a decorative border. The designs for these plates are thought to derive from a print by Johannes Kip (1653-1722) in Nouveau Théater de la Grande Bretagne (1715), after a drawing by Leonard Knyff (1650-1722). For other Chinese export porcelain wares of this design, see one sold at Sotheby's, London, 19 May 2021, lot 272; a pair from the collection of the Visconde de Lançada sold in the same rooms, 18 January 2023, lot 73; and one from the Pierre Durand Collection sold at Christie's, New York, 27 January 2022, lot 220. See also two oval platters with this motif: the first in the collection of the Peabody Essex Museum, Salem (inv. no. E81797) illustrated by William R. Sargent in Treasures of Chinese Export Ceramics From the Peabody Essex Museum, New Haven, 2012, p. 139, cat. no. 47; and one from Cohen & Cohen sold in our New York rooms, 24 January 2023, lot 68. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing