A LARGE FAMILLE ROSE 'FOUR ELEMENTS' DISH, FIRE
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A LARGE FAMILLE ROSE 'FOUR ELEMENTS' DISH, FIRE

QIANLONG PERIOD, CIRCA 1740

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A LARGE FAMILLE ROSE 'FOUR ELEMENTS' DISH, FIRE
QIANLONG PERIOD, CIRCA 1740
Venus in the sky with torches, Jupiter with his thunderbolt, and Vulcan with his forging tools, surrounded by putti cavorting with bows and arrows, one at a fiery blacksmith's forge
11 ¼ in. (28.6 cm.) diameter

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After a series of paintings by Francesco Albani (1578-1660) commissioned probably for the Borghese Palace, Rome.

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