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38. Pair of plates, each painted with a young man teasing a reclining maiden seated in a terraced garden with a fence
supporting a large yellow-enamelled two-handled urn, a servant looking out of a window, amongst rockwork, roses, a
rococo vase in the bushes and a tree, two church spires and houses in the distance beneath white-enamel clouds and blue
sky, encircled by a spearhead border in the cavetto and a gilt floral scroll border.
9 inches, 23 cm diameter.
Qianlong, circa 1755.
• From the collection of Raymond Mitchell.
• One plate sold by Christie’s London in their auction of Fine Chinese Ceramics, Works of Art and Chinese Export
Ceramics, 15th June 1999, lot 241, p. 179.
• One plate sold by Aronson Antiquaires, Amsterdam.
• Sold by Mossgreen Auctions, Sydney in their auction of The Estate of Raymond Mitchell, 26th February 2007, lot 80.
• Sold by R & V Tregaskis, Oriental Art, Sydney, Australia.
• An identical plate from Mrs. H. Glatz, London, is illustrated in colour by François & Nicole Hervouët & Yves
Bruneau in La Porcelaine des Compagnies des Indes, no. 9.10, p. 198.
• The scene depicts La Servante Justifiée, ‘The Servant Justified’ copying an engraving by Nicolas de Larmessin II
(c.1638-1694), after a painting by Nicolas Lancret (1690-1743) taken from a fable de la Fontaine, which in turn
is directly inspired by a story written by the Queen of Navarre. A hand-coloured aquatint is in the National Trust
property of Nostell Priory, West Yorkshire.

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