A grisailles Martin Luther charger, Qing dynasty, Qianlong (1736-95).
Decorated in grisailles and gilding, the centre with a bust portrait, above a panel with a scene showing Christ preaching to the Disciples, a gilt spearhead border. Diameter 32 cm.
Minor wear to rim.
Provenance
The Collection of James Kieller.
Literature
Hervouët and Bruneau, La Porcelaine des Compagnies des Indes a Decor Occidental, no 11. 46. (1750).
Beurdelay, Porcelain of the East India Companies, cat 239.
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