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    The J.Louis Binder Collection of Chinese Export Art

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    17 June 2003

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    • A RARE FAMILLE ROSE PLATE WITH
    Lot 35

    A RARE FAMILLE ROSE PLATE WITH 'THE TOMBSTONE'

    CIRCA 1760

    Price realised

    GBP 2,988

    Estimate

    GBP 1,500 - GBP 2,800

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    A RARE FAMILLE ROSE PLATE WITH 'THE TOMBSTONE'
    CIRCA 1760
    Enamelled with a grieving widow declining the advances of a gentleman, both standing on a terrace beside a large tombstone, on top of which lies a weeping putti leaning on the head of a lion, the border with scattered flower sprays, rim hairline
    9 in. (23 cm.) diam.

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    Lot Essay

    An identical plate is illustrated by Hervouët and Bruneau, La Porcelaine des Compagnies des Indes à Décor Occidental, Paris, 1986, p.155, fig. 7.38.

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