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CIRCA 1740
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A GRISAILLE, SEPIA, IRON-RED AND GILT MYTHOLOGICAL PLATE
CIRCA 1740
Decorated at the centre en grisaille with a goddess in her chariot drawn by two monkeys surrounded by four female figures depicting the Four Seasons, Winter on the left beside a brazier, and Autumn, holding a wheat-sheaf under her arm, Summer holding a wreath and basket of flowers standing to the right, with Spring reclining under the shade of a tree, within iron-red and sepia bands in the well, and gilt and iron-red spearheads at the rim, rim chips mostly on the underside
8 7/8 in. (22.7 cm.) diam.
CIRCA 1740
Decorated at the centre en grisaille with a goddess in her chariot drawn by two monkeys surrounded by four female figures depicting the Four Seasons, Winter on the left beside a brazier, and Autumn, holding a wheat-sheaf under her arm, Summer holding a wreath and basket of flowers standing to the right, with Spring reclining under the shade of a tree, within iron-red and sepia bands in the well, and gilt and iron-red spearheads at the rim, rim chips mostly on the underside
8 7/8 in. (22.7 cm.) diam.
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