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CIRCA 1750-55
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TWO GRISAILLE AND GILT MYTHOLOGICAL PLATES
CIRCA 1750-55
The first decorated at the centre en grisaille with Jupiter embracing Juno beside their eagle and peacock within gilt spearheads in the well and shell-scroll at the border, underside restored; and another with Jupiter holding thunderbolts astride his eagle within a du Paquier-style border
9 in. (23 cm.) diam. (2)
CIRCA 1750-55
The first decorated at the centre en grisaille with Jupiter embracing Juno beside their eagle and peacock within gilt spearheads in the well and shell-scroll at the border, underside restored; and another with Jupiter holding thunderbolts astride his eagle within a du Paquier-style border
9 in. (23 cm.) diam. (2)
Provenance
The first plate: François Hervouët; Sotheby's London, 3 November 1987, lot 885.
Literature
The first plate: F. and N. Hervouët and Y. Bruneau, La Porcelaine des Compagnies des Indes à Décor Occidental, Paris, 1986, p. 302, fig. 13.41.
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium