CIRCA 1745

Details

A FAMILLE ROSE 'JUPITER AND MNEMOSYNE' PLATE
CIRCA 1745
Richly enamelled with Jupiter dressed as a shepherd approaching Mnemosyne, within four delicate floral clusters at the border
9 in. (23 cm.) diam.

Provenance

Purchased Christie's New York, 21 January 1994, lot 112.

Special notice

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

Lot Essay

According to the legend, it is Mnemosyne, godess of memory, with whom Jupiter fathers the nine Muses. See Hervouët and Bruneau, La Porcelaine des Compagnies des Indes à Décor Occidental, Paris, 1986, p. 303, fig. 13.45 for a saucer with this scene, which the authors inform us is after an engraving by S. Le Clerc illustrating Les Métamorphoses d'Ovide en rondeaux, by Isaac de Bensérade, published in 1676.

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