TWO FAMILLE ROSE "CHERRY PICKERS" PLATES

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TWO FAMILLE ROSE "CHERRY PICKERS" PLATES
QIANLONG, CIRCA 1775-80

Each painted with three European figures, one on a ladder gathering cherries, below a single gilt chain border at the rim (one with small rim chips and surface chips on the underside)--9¼in. (23.5cm.) diam.; together with a "Cherry Pickers" cup and saucer, Qianlong, circa 1770, painted with a man on a ladder and a lady holding a basket (rim nicks) (3)

Provenance

Matthew & Elisabeth Sharpe, Conshohocken, Pennsylvania

Lot Essay

Cf. Lloyd Hyde, op. cit., no. 53, p. 89

This design was copied from a print by Nicholas Ponce after a painting by Antoine Baudouin.