Ref: W94
£ 3,500
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Chinese famille rose mythological subject 'four elements' plate, Qianlong (1736-1795) c.1740, painted with an allegorical scene representing 'Earth', with Cybèle accompanied by three of the 'four seasons', Bacchus, Flora and Ceres, in a chariot drawn by mythical beasts, the surrounding landscape with a maiden reclining on a pink rug in the foreground having flowers put into her hair by an attendant putto, two further putti on a mat with flute and basket of fruit, two others playing and picking flowers; all within a blue scrolling border
