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A RARE SEPIA-DECORATED MYTHOLOGICAL PLATE
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A RARE SEPIA-DECORATED MYTHOLOGICAL PLATE

CIRCA 1740

細節
A RARE SEPIA-DECORATED MYTHOLOGICAL PLATE
Circa 1740
Decorated in shades of sepia depicting the nymph Thetis stooping to dip the infant Achilles into the Styx accompanied by her attendants, an angel behind the group and at their side Vulcan carries a brazier of burning coals
8 7/8 in. (22.7 cm.) diam.
來源
François Hervouët (inventory no.670); Sotheby's, Monaco, 22 June 1987, lot 1678 (to Dreesmann).
Dr Anton C.R. Dreesmann (inventory no. J-141).
出版
F. and N. Hervouët and Y. Bruneau, La Porcelaine des Compagnies des Indes à Décor Occidental, Paris, 1986, p.300, fig.13.37, p.300.
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拍品專文

This design is probably taken after a painting by Le Sueur. Compare the larger dish of this design, painted en grisaille, which is in the British Museum, illustrated by Hervouët and Bruneau, op.cit., Paris, 1986, p.300, fig.13.36.