CIRCA 1780

細節

A FAMILLE ROSE 'MARIE ANTOINETTE AND BENJAMIN FRANKLIN' PLATE
CIRCA 1780
Enamelled at the centre with the couple standing on a stylised raised plinth, she wearing a yellow bodice and full puce skirt, he with a puce frock-coat and iron-red breeches, his hat tucked under his arm, set against a turquoise-green back-drop and enclosed within a rococo cartouche, the border with four portrait cartouches at the compass points linked by a floral meander and stylised chain-pattern
9 in. (23 cm.) diam.

來源

Purchased from J. Reis Fernandes.

注意事項

VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium

拍品專文

An identical plate is illustrated in colour by Hervouët and Bruneau, La Porcelaine des Compagnies des Indes à Décor Occidental, Paris, 1986, p. 140, fig. 7.1, where the authors suggest that this commemorates the day on 20 March 1778 when Queen Marie Antoinette received Benjamin Franklin at the Court of Versailles. Another plate with this design is in the Brussels Museums of Art and History, exhibited Chinese Export Porcelain, Hong Kong, 30 November 1989 - 27 February 1990, no. 87, p.221.