A 'judgment of paris' plate,

QIANLONG, CIRCA 1780

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A 'judgment of paris' plate,
Qianlong, circa 1780
The centre enamelled in colours with the mythological scene showing Paris seated, awarding a gilt apple to Aphrodite flanked by Hera and Athena holding a spear, a dog and young attendant at their feet, the everted rim with a puce scrolling shell and leaf band (small rim chip and related hairline crack)
23cm. diam.

Lot Essay

cf. Scheurleer, Chinese Export Porcelain, op. cit., no. 225, a plate from the Bal Collection in the Zeeuws Museum, Middelburg for a comparison; Lloyd Hyde, Oriental Lowestoft, op. cit., pl. 43, for a similar plate in the collection of A.O. Knudsen.

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