Lot 907
EXPORT GRISAILLE AND GILT MYTHOLOGICAL PLATE
CIRCA 1745
Auction: Japanese Works of Art
Description
depicting Aurora and her chariot drawn by two winged horses amongst clouds, the inner rim with gilt spearheads, the rim with four valentine pattern reserves with love birds alternating with a pair of hounds beneath a tree
Dimensions
23.2cm diam
Footnote
Provenance:
Auchendinny House, Midlothian
Note:
Aurora, goddess of the Dawn, renewed herself every morning, riding across the sky announcing the arrival of the sun. In Greek mythology she was known as Eos. Her sister Luna was goddess of the Moon, and her brother Sol god of the Sun.
See Hervouët and Bruneau, La Porcelaine des Compagnies des Indes à Décor Occidental, Paris, 1986, p. 294, fig. 13.10 for a very similar plate. An armorial version with the arms of Humbertson is illustrated by D. S. Howard, Chinese Armorial Porcelain, London, 1974, p. 334.