Lot 65
65
A RARE GRISAILLE AND ENAMELLED 'PORTRAIT' PLATE
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A RARE GRISAILLE AND ENAMELLED 'PORTRAIT' PLATE

CIRCA 1745-55

Details
A RARE GRISAILLE AND ENAMELLED 'PORTRAIT' PLATE
CIRCA 1745-55
Decorated in a central medallion en grisaille with the portrait of a lady reserved on a hatched ground in imitation of an engraving within a narrow gilt band, the border decorated in the famille rose palette with four cartouches depicting harbour scenes
9 in. (22.8 cm.) diam.
Provenance
François Hervouët no.108, sold Sotheby's London, 3 November 1987, lot 846.
Literature
F. and N. Hervouët and Y. Bruneau, La Porcelaine des Compagnies des Indes à Décor Occidental, Paris, 1986, fig.9.103.
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium

Lot Essay

Hervouët and Bruneau op.cit. p. 229 suggest that this portrait depicts Queen Juliane Marie of Denmark, second wife of King Frederik V and dates the plate circa 1755 following their marriage in 1752. See D. S. Howard, Chinese Armorial Porcelain, London, 1974, pp. 47-48 for a discussion on armorial services with similar border cartouches; the author explains that this border was particularly popular between 1743 and 1752 and often depict views of the Pearl River and the Plymouth Sound.

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