A pair of rare 'Famille rose' mythological subject 'four elements' plates

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4.000 € - 6.000 €

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Description:

China, Qianlong period, ca. 1740
D. 22,8 cm
Painted with an allegorical scene representing 'Earth', with Cybèle accompanied by three of the 'four seasons', Bacchus, Flora and Ceres, in a chariot drawn by mythical beasts, the surrounding landscape with a maiden reclining on a pink rug in the foreground having flowers put into her hair by an attendant putto, two further putti on a mat with flute and basket of fruit, two others playing and picking flowers; all within a blue scrolling border.
German private collection, assembled before 2007
The scene on this plate is based on a painting by Francesco Albani (1578-1660) commissioned for the Borghese Palace, Rome. Albani painted a set of four mythological scenes representing the elements for the palace and later produced three variant series, the best-known being for Cardinal Maurice of Savoy in 1635, now in the Turin Museum. The popularity of such scenes and their rendering by various engravers made them a popular subject choice for export porcelain. For a similar example see William R. Sargent 'Treasures of Chinese Export' Yale 2012, p. 297 llustrated: Qing Export Porcelain, by A. Varela Santos, 2015/2016, cat. 79 - Fine condition except few very small chips to unglazed section of the stand rim

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