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105 THE MILLER COLLECTION
AN IRON-RED AND GILT ‘BAPTISM OF
CHRIST’ PLATE 105
CIRCA 1735 106
Depicting the scene of the baptism of Christ
by St John, the borders with fower wreaths 107
held by and eagle and putti, two of them
deploying the biblical reference ‘MAT.3.16’ 57
8 Ω in. (21.6 cm.) diameter
$3,000-5,000
PROVENANCE:
Sotheby’s, New York, January 1996, lot 294.
106
TWO GRISAILLE AND GILT RELIGIOUS
SUBJECT PLATES
CIRCA 1745-1750
One decorated with the Nativity and the
other with the Crucifxion, both with Du
Paquier taste borders
9 in. (22.8 cm.), both plates (2)
$3,000-5,000
PROVENANCE:
Sotheby’s, London, November 1999, lot 107
(Crucifxion).
Acquired from F.J. Carey III in 2000
(Nativity).
107
TWO ENAMEL AND GILT DISHES
18TH CENTURY
The frst a plate in the Meissen taste with
a riverbank vista in the center, the other
a saucer dish in Japanese style with a tiger
under a tree
10æ in. (27.3 cm.) diameter (the saucer dis(h2))
$3,000-5,000
