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Canton porcelain plate mounted in chiseled and gilded bronze.
Central decoration of a Chinese scene representing two men and a woman around a table and a third man hidden behind a door. They are on the terrace of a house, overlooking a garden. White marli framed by two gold nets. Wing with gold background decorated with butterflies, chrysanthemums, peonies, lotus flower and hydrangeas.
Chased and gilded bronze frame encircling the plate in the shape of a beaded twist, decorated with two birds facing each other and resting on four feet in the shape of a satyr's head and goat's feet. Intertwined bay leaves form a handle.
Work carried out in the 19th century.
Ref: 3X2JCOWKHM