A Chinese Export 'Nativity' Soup Plate Circa 1745

painted in grisaille and gilding.

There is a restored haircrack running from the rim and across the center from 5 o’clock. There is another restored haircrack running in from the rim at 10 o’clock approx 2 inches long. There is also a 1 inch restored rim chip at 9 o’clock.
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See the note to lot 239, a plate with the same scene and border, but painted in famille-rose.