TWO CHINESE GRISAILLE AND GILT-DECORATED JESUIT PLATES QIANLONG 1736-95 One finely decorated with the Crucifixion, the Good Thief and the Impenitent Thief on either side of Christ, with Roman soldiers playing with dice in the foreground and mourners to the back, the other depicting the Resurrection with Christ emerging from his tomb amongst scrolling clouds, with the Angel Gabriel by his side and sleeping Roman soldiers in the foreground, the rims painted with garlands of flowers, 22.8cm. (2) Provenance: from a Swedish private collection. Cf. Marchant, Chinese Export Porcelain, 90th Anniversary exhibition, pp.48-49 no.31, for two identical plates. The author explains that these are from a rare series produced for the Dutch market and the designs were taken from an early 18th century Lutheran bible with prints by the Amsterdam engraver Jan Luyken; see also C Shimizu & L Chabanne, L'Odysée de la Porcelaine Chinoise, p.219, no.172 for two other identical plates in the Musée National de la Céramique, Sèvres, nos. MNC 2877-1 & 2. 來源：瑞典私人收藏。
TWO CHINESE GRISAILLE AND GILT-DECORATED JESUIT PLATES QIANLONG 1736-95 One finely decorated with the Crucifixion, the Good Thief and the Impenitent Thief on either side of Christ, with Roman soldiers playing with dice in the foreground and mourners to the back, the other depicting the Resurrection with Christ emerging from his tomb amongst scrolling clouds, with the Angel Gabriel by his side and sleeping Roman soldiers in the foreground, the rims painted with garlands of flowers, 22.8cm. (2) Provenance: from a Swedish private collection. Cf. Marchant, Chinese Export Porcelain, 90th Anniversary exhibition, pp.48-49 no.31, for two identical plates. The author explains that these are from a rare series produced for the Dutch market and the designs were taken from an early 18th century Lutheran bible with prints by the Amsterdam engraver Jan Luyken; see also C Shimizu & L Chabanne, L'Odysée de la Porcelaine Chinoise, p.219, no.172 for two other identical plates in the Musée National de la Céramique, Sèvres, nos. MNC 2877-1 & 2. 來源：瑞典私人收藏。
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