SECOND HALF 18TH CENTURY, INCISED WITH A

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A Tournai chinoiserie plate
SECOND HALF 18TH CENTURY, INCISED WITH A
Painted with a tobacco leaf or à la feuille de génépi, further with flowers, the border with Taoist symbols within eight cartouches
23.9 cm. diam.

Special notice

Christie's charge a premium to the buyer on the final bid price of each lot sold at the following rates: 23.8% of the final bid price of each lot sold up to and including €150,000 and 14.28% of any amount in excess of €150,000. Buyers' premium is calculated on the basis of each lot individually.

Lot Essay

These chinoiserie plates were ordered as replacements for a Chinese service see Exhibition catalogue, La porcelaine de Tournai, Arras, 1991 p. 195 ill. 131 and Exhibition catalogue, Porcelaine de Tournai, Tournai, 1992, p. 91 ill. 95.

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