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THE HODROFF COLLECTION

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A GRISAILLE CRUCIFIXION PLATE
QIANLONG PERIOD, CIRCA 1745
The religious subject fnely painted in the center in tones of black
enamel enriched with gilt highlights, a crowd of mourners and
onlookers below Christ and the two thieves and the Roman soldiers
gambling in the foreground, the borders detailed strapwork with
cornucopiae and trailing vine
8√ in. (22.5 cm.) diameter
$2,000–3,000

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A FAMILLE ROSE BUTTERFLY SPECIMEN PLATE
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
Finely enameled with a large moth or butterfy with furry antennae
on a plain ground
9 in. (22.7 cm.) diameter
$1,200–1,500
LITERATURE:
D.S. Howard, The Choice of the Private Trader, London, 1994, p. 76,
no. 58.

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A GRISAILLE RESURRECTION PLATE
QIANLONG PERIOD, CIRCA 1750
With Christ rising above a seated fgure of the Angel Gabriel,
several Roman soldiers asleep in the foreground, below a border of
gilt C-scrolls and strapwork embellished with fowerheads
8æ in. (22.2 cm.) diameter
$2,000–3,000

PROVENANCE:
The Francois Hervouet Collection; Sotheby's, Monaco, 22 June
1987, lot 1651.
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