CIRCA 1745

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A FAMILLE ROSE MEISSEN-STYLE PLATE
CIRCA 1745
Enamelled in a central roundel encircled by a gilt band depicting an elegant lady seated on a stone plinth with a child on her knee in conversation with a classical figure holding a long staff, his left hand stroking the head of the child, all in the shade of a tree in a town setting with tall buildings, a gilt scrolling foliage band in the well and a band of gilt lacework at the rim
9 in. (23 cm.) diam.

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Lot Essay

See Hervouët and Bruneau, La Porcelaine des Compagnies des Indes à Décor Occidental, Paris, 1986, p. 355, fig. 15.44 for another plate with this rare scene. Another example from the J. Louis Binder Collection was sold in these Rooms, 17 June 2003, lot 64.

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