A blue and white mythological dish

CIRCA 1765

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A blue and white mythological dish
Circa 1765
The large central panel depicting Neptune holding a tridant and riding on two dolphins between tritons and nymphs, the broad rim with three trailing sprays of peony and crysanthemum between narrow honey-comb-diaper pattern bands, 35 cm. diam. (rim frittings and ch0ps); and an underglaze blue and enamelled saucer-dish, 27.5 cm. diam. (cracks and frittings) (2)

Lot Essay

D.F. Lunsingh Scheurleer suggests that there could be a connection between this scene and the fountain in the gardens of Versailles. For a similar plate see his, Chinese Export Porcelain, p. 140, pl. 224. For a straining dish with the same decoration see D. Howard & J. Ayers, China for the West, Vol I, p. 339, pl. 339.

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