A RARE CHINESE EXPORT PORCELAIN PLATE
CIRCA 1740
A RARE CHINESE EXPORT PORCELAIN PLATE CIRCA 1740 Finely decorated with the Choice of Hercules, the borders of swags of laurel within gilt long cartouches in blue enamel and touches of pink, at the four compass points a baroque reserve painted en grisaille , the centre also en grisaille within a rococo border. Hercules is portrayed between the figure of Virtue, pointing upward, and that of Pleasure, pointing down, after the painting by Annibale Carracci in Naples 9 in. (22.5 cm.) diam.
A RARE CHINESE EXPORT PORCELAIN PLATE
CIRCA 1740
A RARE CHINESE EXPORT PORCELAIN PLATE CIRCA 1740 Finely decorated with the Choice of Hercules, the borders of swags of laurel within gilt long cartouches in blue enamel and touches of pink, at the four compass points a baroque reserve painted en grisaille , the centre also en grisaille within a rococo border. Hercules is portrayed between the figure of Virtue, pointing upward, and that of Pleasure, pointing down, after the painting by Annibale Carracci in Naples 9 in. (22.5 cm.) diam.
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