A finely painted set of six, each center painted in puce, yellow, turquoise, green blue and rust with grisaille, depicting a Chinese

family on a fenced garden terrace, a lady watching from the doorway, before an island riverscape, within a gilt

and grisaille spear head border, the rim with grisaille and iron-red (rust) cell diapering, reserved within shaped

vignettes of grisaille, puce and rust birds on branches and flora; brown dressed rim; plain verso

Condition: excellent; one tiny nick to one plate on rim verso (shown below)

Note: The use of cell diapering and grisaille on this set dates to 1760, or earlier.  The painting is quite fine,

with equally fine condition.

8 7/8" D

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See Also :

Set of Six Chinese Export Deep Soup Plates, Qianlong, c1750

Depicting the Legend of the Magpie Invading the Cormorant's Nest

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Set of 6 Chinese Export Famille Rose Mandarin Dinner Plates, Qianlong, c1760, finely painted