CIRCA 1750

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A PAIR OF GRISAILLE AND GILT MYTHOLOGICAL-SUBJECT PLATES; AND ANOTHER SIMILAR
CIRCA 1750
The pair decorated en grisaille and gilt with Venus and Cupid in a chariot drawn by two doves amongst clouds approaching Minerva and a reclining figure, possibly Telemachus, beside a shield and sword lying on the ground; and another with a similar depiction with Venus and Cupid approaching an embracing couple, underside chips
9 in. (23 cm.) diam. (3)

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Lot Essay

See note to lot 173. Similar plates are illustrated by Geoffrey A. Godden, Oriental Export Market Porcelain, London, 1979, p.227, fig.142; by J. G. Veiga, Chinese Export Porcelain in Private Brazilian Collections, London, 1989, pl.83. In some versions the reclining figure's cloak is open to the waist; see the teapot from the Mottahedeh collection, illustrated by Howard and Ayers, China for the West, London and New York, 1978, vol. I, pp.336 and 337, no. 333.

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