Plate with scene from 'Les Oies de Frère Philippe', ca. 1745, Chinese, made for export, Porcelain, Overall (confirmed): 7/8 × 9 × 9 in. (2.2 × 22.9 × 22.9 cm), Ceramics-Porcelain-Export, Decoration after Nicolas Lancret (French, Paris 1690–1743 Paris), This plate depicts a tale from a famous collection of stories by a seventeenth-century French author, Jean de La Fontaine. The story concerns a young man encountering women for the first time, as seen here, and it served as the subject of a painting by Nicolas Lancret.
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Plate, scene, Les Oies de Frère Philippe, ca, 1745, Chinese, export, Porcelain, Overall, confirmed, 7/8, 9, 2.2, 22.9, 22.9 cm, Ceramics-Porcelain-Export, Decoration after Nicolas Lancret, French, Paris, 1690–1743, plate, depicts, tale, famous collection, stories, seventeenth-century French, author, Jean de, La, Fontaine, story concerns, young man, encountering, women, first time, served, subject, painting, Nicolas
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