Lot Essay
Two variations of this scene in a polychrome palette are illustrated by F. & N. Hervouët, La Porcelaine des Compagnies des Indes à Décor Occidental, Paris, 1986, pl. 4.57, colour and pl. 4.58.
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CIRCA 1740
Details
A set of three grisaille and gilt 'european subject' plates
Circa 1740
Decorated en grisaille, sepia and gilt, following an engraving after a painting by D. Teniers (1610-1690), depicting a group of men playing cards and drinking around a table in an outdoor setting with chickens in the foreground, surrounded by a spearhead-pattern band and garland around the well and rim
23 cm. diam. (3)
Circa 1740
Decorated en grisaille, sepia and gilt, following an engraving after a painting by D. Teniers (1610-1690), depicting a group of men playing cards and drinking around a table in an outdoor setting with chickens in the foreground, surrounded by a spearhead-pattern band and garland around the well and rim
23 cm. diam. (3)
Sale room notice
Please note that the right-hand plate on page 62 in the catalogue is not lot 223 but lot 225.