European Subject “Hussar’ Plate #7619 Sold
A rather rare Chinese export porcelain 9″ plate decorated with Famille Rose enamels with a rare European subject depicted The Wounded Hussar, obviously made for the Western market and taken from a mezzotint of the same name after a painting by George Carter, c. 1776. The central image bordered with a lattice edge and centered at the top with a shield and crest with a pseudo cipher. Perhaps commissioned to celebrate an enemy’s humiliating defeat? Circa 1780.