Decorated en grisaille in the centre with Juno seated on her chariot drawn by two peacocks holding a sceptre in one hand and the reins in the other, above clouds in semi-circular formation and a rainbow; the rim is decorated with four cartouches within gilt outlines delicately enamelled in purple with a landscape alternating with a bird on a flowering branch.
Provenance: From a private Tuscan collection.
Catalogue notes:
See a virtually identical dish sold at Christie's, live auction 6510, 'Chinese Ceramics & Export Ceramics & Works of Art', 13 November 2001, London, lot. no. 280.
For a similar dish compare 'La Porcelaine des Compagnies des Indes à Décor Occidental', F. and B . Hervoüet and Y. Bruneau, 1986, fig. 13.3.
瓷盘绘有神话场景,中国,清朝,约 1745 年