Auction 158 Antiques & Works of Art,
Silver & Jewellery

442

A Chinese export porcelain dish depicting 'The Nativity'


Estimate

600 - 900


Session 2

26 March 2026



Description

Chinese export porcelain
Decorated with Famille Rose enamels and gilt, depicting at the centre the Virgin Mary, Joseph and the Shepherds reclining beside the Christ Child, lying in a manger, in a landscape covered with vegetation, with a sleeping donkey in the foreground
Border decorated with a continuous 'du Paquier'-style surround, with cut-out scrollwork and trellis panels, interspersed with vine torches and polychrome flower sprays
Qianlong period, c.1740
(minor rim chips)

Diam.: 23 cm



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