Details
Painted in the center with pilgrims departing for the Isle of Cythera within gilt scrollwork
9 in. (22.8 cm.) diameter
Provenance
Acquired from Sydney L Moss Ltd., London, by Ann and Gordon Getty in 1980.
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Lot Essay

The scene depicts the mythological tale of a fête galante, a popular subject of the 18th-century French aristocracy and artists, including painter Jean-Antoine Watteau's famous 'The Embarkation for Cythera'. The present lot is after the 1708 engraving of the same scene by Bernard Picart. Several version of this design are seen on Chinese Export porcelain and can be found on plates, dishes and tea wares. See Hervouët and Bruneau, La Porcelaine des Compagnies des Indes à Décor Occidental, Paris, 1986, p. 160, nos. 7.51-52 for two similar plates.

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