Two Chinese Export Encre-de-Chine plates. Circa 1740

A Chinese Export Encre-de-Chine 'Marriage' plate. Circa 1740

Painted at the centre en grisaille with a wedding scene in a Baroque cupola including angels, peacocks, and doves, various sea-nymphs and Triton in the foreground, the building surmounted by an arch inscribed 'semper amor prote, firmissimus atque fidelis', between two coat-of-arms resting on a frieze above the columns, all within a Meissen-stye gilt scrollwork border. 22.7 cm. diam. Est. €1,200 - €1,800 - Price Realized €2,000

Provenance: The property of a Dutch Family

Notes: The arms of this plate have been attributed to the families Van Bergen van der Grijp and Van Beaumont and is from one of about ten services with Dutch coat-of-arms with the same scene. The scene probably derives from a seventeenth century book frontispiece and at least six different pairs of arms are illustrated by J.A. Lloyde Hyde, Chinese Porcelain for the European Market, Lisbon, 1956, p. 88, pl. XV, no. 48; For a similar example see also D.S.Howard, Choice of the Private Trader, London, 1994, p. 82, fig. 66

A Chinese Export Encre-de-Chine 'Nativity' plate. Circa 1740

Painted en grisaille and gilt, showing 'The Nativity' with Joseph, Maria, the Three Kings and the Shepherds surrounding the newborn Child in the manger, within a du Paquier-style border. 22.8 cm. diam. Est. €1,000 - €1,500 - Price Realized €1,500

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