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A PAIR OF CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE `EUROPEAN-SUBJECT' PLATES, AND A TEAPOT AND COVER
Lot 37

A PAIR OF CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE `EUROPEAN-SUBJECT' PLATES, AND A TEAPOT AND COVER

QIANLONG PERIOD, CIRCA 1750

Closed10 April 2019

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A PAIR OF CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE 'EUROPEAN-SUBJECT' PLATES, AND A TEAPOT AND COVER
QIANLONG PERIOD, CIRCA 1750
The plates enamelled at the centre with 'The Departure of the Pilgrims for the Isles of Cythera' after an engraving of 1708 by Bernard Picart; the teapot decorated with a version of the same scene, circa 1760-1765
The plates 9 1/8 in. (23.2 cm.) diameter

Specialist note

For a saucer with the same design as the teapot, see Hervoüet and Bruneau, La Porcelaine des Compagnies des Indes à Décor Occidental, Paris, 1986, p. 161, fig. 7.54.