A Famille Rose porcelain plate depicting Mercury and Venus beneath a tree.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION :

The scene depicts Venus, goddess of love, seduction and beauty, on the left; and Mercury, god of messengers, thieves and commerce, and the messenger of the gods, on the right.

BIBLIOGRAPHY :

For an identical plate, see:

– Christie’s, New York, The Collection of J. Jefferson and Anne Weiler Miller, 21 January 2016, lot 75

For the same decoration, see:

– La porcelaine de la Compagnie des Indes à décor occidental, F. and N. Hervouët, Yves Bruneau, p.303, no. 13.48.

PROVENANCE :

– French private collection

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