Chinese export porcelain european subject famille rose dinner plate, English or French Market, Qianlong period, circa 1750. Photo courtesy Cohen & Cohen.

A rare dinner plate with a European subject scene of harvest, the border with a gilt rococo shell and scroll. Diameter: 9 inches; 23cm

This is one of the rarest of such European scenes and is taken from an unidentifed European print of the type produced by Nicholas Larmessin and others - probably from a series of the seasons. Another of An Allegory of Summer, after a print by Larmessin after Lancret is also known on Chinese export porcelain (see Cohen & Cohen 2005, p47, No 22) but this scene, possibly representing Autumn, is not from that series.
A dinner plate from the Hodroff collection is illustrated in Howard 1994, where he notes its rarity and that it might be a biblical scene. The design is also found on a later service from about 1800.

References: Howard 1994, p93, No 83; Hervouët & Bruneau 1986, p87, No 4.18 a meat dish from the later service.

Cohen & Cohen. MasterArt at TEFAF 2014. 14-23 march 2014 - http://www.masterart.com/