The famous mythological scene showing the seated Paris handing Venus the golden apple while Juno, Minerva, and Cupid look on, a dog and peacock at their feet, the rim with four seascapes reserved in gilt scrollwork borders
9 in. (22.8 cm.) diameter

Jayme Leal Costa; Affonso Nunes, Rio de Janeiro.
Jorge Getulio Veiga; Sotheby's, London, 31 October 1989, lot 255.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 24 January 1995, lot 1176.
Acquired by Ann and Gordon Getty from the above.

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This famous mythological scene was a popular subject in Chinese Export, and plates and were made with various borders. For a similar plate to the present lot, see F. and N. Hervouët, Y. Bruneau, La porcelaine des compagnies des Indes, à décor occidental, Paris, 1986, p. 310, no. 13.72, and for examples of the different border designs, see nos. 13.71, 13.73-76.