Chinese porcelain export plate Qing dynasty Qianlong period (1736-1795) c 1745

A fine and rare export plate with grisaille decoration of the Resurrection of Christ, leaf and decorated with elaborate floral garland border, highlighted in gilt.
23 cms

Condition - excellent condition, very minor wear. No restoration or repair

The plate is finely painted en griaille with details heightened in gilt, the rim with a Viennese (Du Pacquier style) border enclosing a central depiction of a scene from the life of Christ; this example showing a scene of the Resurrection.
Plates and tea services depicting scenes from the life of Christ were popular in Europe between 1745-1750; this scene is taken from a print by the Amsterdam poet and engraver Jan Luyken (1649-1712),( the print created using pen and brown ink and brown wash, within pen and brown ink framing lines)
Related examples in museums and private collections are known.

Literature - a similar plate is illustrated by Howard and Ayers, China for the West, 1978, Plate 312, p. 319

A superb example; would make a fine investment piece. 

Stock No; 1002 SOLD

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