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Cf. Howard and Ayres, op. cit., p. 333, no. 329 for a similar plate
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A GILT AND GRISAILLE DECORATED "CHOICE OF HERCULES" PLATE
QIANLONG, CIRCA 1745
The center painted with a cartouche enclosing Hercules and the figures of Virtue and Pleasure before a classical colonnade, the flat everted rim with beribboned objects and flower swags (small restored rim chips)--9in. (23cm.) diam.
QIANLONG, CIRCA 1745
The center painted with a cartouche enclosing Hercules and the figures of Virtue and Pleasure before a classical colonnade, the flat everted rim with beribboned objects and flower swags (small restored rim chips)--9in. (23cm.) diam.