Auction 155 Antiques & Works of Art, Silver & Jewellery

92

A Chinese gilt and grisaille mythological 'Aurora in Her Chariot' plate


Estimate

800 - 1.200


Session 1

16 December 2025



Description

Chinese export porcelain
Decorated in grisaille and gilt, depicting at centre the goddess Aurora in her triumphal chariot drawn by two winged horses
Cavetto with gilt spear-point frieze and border decorated with four landscapes featuring doves and dogs within gilt cartouches
Qianlong period, c. 1745

Diam.: 22,5 cm


Additional Information

Literature:
HERVOUËT, François et Nicole; BRUNEAU, Yves - "La Porcelaine des Compagnies des Indes a Décor Occidental". Paris: Flammarion, 1986, p. 294, fig. 13.10



Closed Auction