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A LARGE FAMILLE ROSE 'FOUR ELEMENTS' DISH, FIRE
QIANLONG PERIOD, CIRCA 1740
Venus in the sky with torches, Jupiter with his thunderbolt, and
Vulcan with his forging tools, surrounded by putti cavorting with
bows and arrows, one at a fery blacksmith's forge
11º in. (28.6 cm.) diameter
$4,000–6,000
After a series of paintings by Francesco Albani (1578-1660)
commissioned probably for the Borghese Palace, Rome.

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A FAMILLE ROSE 'MUSICIAN' PLATTER
YONGZHENG PERIOD, CIRCA 1735
With a seated man playing a mandolin surrounded by fower sprays
and scrolling border
12º in. (31.1 cm.) long
$3,000–5,000

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