A rare Chinese export famille rose 'elephant and mahout' dish for the Indian marketQing dynasty, 18th centuryPainted to the central roundel with a mahout in pink robe and iron red hat riding an elephant with his right arm raised holding a knife, further decorated with leafy flower branches to cavetto divided by floral bands in underglaze blue, 24cm diameter.Provenance: collection of the late documentary maker John Armstrong (1928-2004).清十八世紀 青花加彩繪騎象圖紋盤來源：紀錄片導演 John Armstrong (1928-2004) 收藏。