CIRCA 1745

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A GRISAILLE AND GILT MYTHOLOGICAL-SUBJECT DISH
CIRCA 1745
Decorated at the centre en grisaille with Neptune holding his trident, standing on a 'shell' carriage, drawn by hippocampi in a stormy sea approaching Amphitrite surrounded by dolphins, the border with leafy scrolls forming circular cartouches
11 in. (28 cm.) diam.

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Lot Essay

A plate with this scene is illustrated by Hervouët and Bruneau, La Porcelaine des Compagnies des Indes à Décor Occidental, Paris, 1986, p. 312, fig. 13.79. See also the service with this central design with the arms of Mackenzie, D. S. Howard, Chinese Armorial Porcelain, London, 1974, p. 334. Mr. Howard suggests the scene is after an engraving entitled The Rescue of Andromeda, but Perseus who saves Andromeda from the rocks is not usually found carrying a trident, which is the attribute for Neptune.

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