Live Auction 2825The Decorative Arts Sale
A Chinese Export Encre-de-Chine 'Nativity' plate
Lot 367

A Chinese Export Encre-de-Chine 'Nativity' plate

CIRCA 1740

Closed1 July 2009

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EUR 1,500

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A Chinese Export Encre-de-Chine 'Nativity' plate
Circa 1740
Painted en grisaille and gilt, showing 'The Nativity' with Joseph, Maria, the Three Kings and the Shepherds surrounding the newborn Child in the manger, within a du Paquier-style border
22.8 cm. diam.

Specialist note

These biblical designs are after engravings by the Amsterdam engraver Jan Luiken (1649-1712) and were included in a Lutheran Bible printed at the beginning of the 18th Century.