Estimate

100 - 200

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)

27x33 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.