LATE 18TH CENTURY

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A FAMILLE ROSE MYTHOLOGICAL-SUBJECT BASKET
LATE 18TH CENTURY
The centre of the interior with Jupiter dressed as a shepherd, approaching Mnemosyne in a rural scene, with underglaze blue and gilt bracket handles and trellis-pattern at the rim
9 in. (22.8 cm.) wide

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Lot Essay

This scene is taken from an engraving by S. Le Clerc, illustrating 'Les Métamorphoses d'Ovide en rondeaux' by d'Isaac de Bensérade published in 1676. 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.

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