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    Sale 6731

    Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, Including Export Art

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    17 June 2003

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    • A RARE FAMILLE ROSE PLATE FOR
    Lot 221

    A RARE FAMILLE ROSE PLATE FOR THE INDIAN MARKET

    CIRCA 1770-80

    Price realised

    GBP 4,541

    Estimate

    GBP 1,500 - GBP 2,500

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    A RARE FAMILLE ROSE PLATE FOR THE INDIAN MARKET
    CIRCA 1770-80
    Enamelled at the centre with a mahout astride his elephant within a leaf-scroll surround and spearheads in the well, the border unusually with six panels of ladies alternating with boys beside a flower spray below the foliate rim, minor chips
    9 in. (23 cm.) diam.

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    Lot Essay

    This central scene was used within at least four different border designs between 1760 and 1790, but this border design appears to be the rarest.

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