Lot Essay
Sold Sotheby's New York, 25 January 1989, lot 74, where it is noted that both plates were illustrated by G.C. Williamson, The Book of Famille Rose, pl. XLVI
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CIRCA 1745
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A RARE FAMILLE ROSE TEA-PROCESSING PLATE
Circa 1745
Finely enamelled in the center with an idealized scene of tea production, one lady on a ladder handing leaves down from a tree to her companions who hold baskets, other ladies inside a silver-roofed pavilion sorting the leaves into trays, one with a pair of gilt shears in her hand, the borders with gilt-edged riverscapes alternating with lovebirds in rose boughs
9in. (22.8cm.) diam.
Circa 1745
Finely enamelled in the center with an idealized scene of tea production, one lady on a ladder handing leaves down from a tree to her companions who hold baskets, other ladies inside a silver-roofed pavilion sorting the leaves into trays, one with a pair of gilt shears in her hand, the borders with gilt-edged riverscapes alternating with lovebirds in rose boughs
9in. (22.8cm.) diam.