652
An oval entrée dish
Estimate
380 - 600
Session 2
13 March 2019
Hammer Price
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Chinese export porcelain
Polychrome and gilt decoration depicting "L'Urne Mystérieuse" and tab with flowers
Qianlong Period, ca. 1795
(restorations)
21,5x32 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.
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