Chinese Export Saucer Decorated En Grisaille

With a pair of lovers seated on a log being observed by two boys

Qianlong mid 18thC

Diameter; 4 3/4″ (12.1 cm )

Condition; wear to mans foot.

A grisaille version of “Romantic Conversation” probably after a print by the French artist Pater.

See Hervoult, ‘La Porcelaine des Compagnie des Indes a Decors Occidentale’ page 170