A PAIR OF BLUE AND WHITE 'EUROPEAN SUBJECT' PLATES painted with Neptune holding a trident and riding three swimming mythical sea creatures, surrounded by a bevy of naked nymphs, circa 1760

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A PAIR OF BLUE AND WHITE 'EUROPEAN SUBJECT' PLATES painted with Neptune holding a trident and riding three swimming mythical sea creatures, surrounded by a bevy of naked nymphs, circa 1760
23cm. diam. (2)

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Similar plates are illustrated by Scheurleer, op.cit., fig. 224 and Hervouet and Bruneau, op.cit, p. 294, no. 13:11; see also the cup and saucer with a cell diaper band rather than the Chinese taste floral sprays, illustrated by Gordon, op.cit, p. 61, fig. 45; the saucer from the Musée Guimet in Beurdeley, Cat. 135; the starining saucer illustrated by Howard and Ayer, op.cit, vol. I, p. 339, no. 336; and the plate in Le Corbeiller, op.cit. p.66., no. 28, where the author notes that the scene is taken from part of a composition by Abraham Bloemaert (1564-1651), later engraved by his son Frederick. Scheurleer discusses the treatment of the subject, op.cit. p. 140

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