A rare Qianlong "Mythological Figures" plate, ca. 1745Chinese export porcelain
Grisaille and gilt decoration depicting floral and geometric motifs and peacocks
Centre in grisaille and gilt depicting "The Choice of Hercules" after Annible Carracci
Qianlong Period, ca. 1745
(minor restorations)Literature:
Fran?ois et Nicole Hervou?t, Yves Bruneau, "La Porcelaine des Compagnie des Indes à décor Occidental", p. 313, il. 13.80;
David Howard, John Ayers, "China for the West", vol. I, p. 333, il. 329.Diam.: 23 cm