Estimate

380 - 600

Session 2

13 March 2019

Hammer Price

Description

Chinese export porcelain
Polychrome and gilt decoration depicting "L'Urne Mystérieuse" and tab with flowers
Qianlong Period, ca. 1795
(restorations)

Diam.: 39 cm

Category

Porcelain

Additional Information

Central medallion after a 1793 etching known as "L'Urne Mystérieuse" depicting profiles of Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI under the profiles of their children, le Dauphin (Louis XVII) and Mme. Royale (Duchesse d'Angoulême).

Literature:
David Howard and John Ayers; “China for the West - Chinese Porcelain and other decorative arts export illustrated from the Mottahedeh Collection”; vol. I; p. 247; nº 242.