Chinese porcelain Plate with the departure for the island of Cythera, 18th

Chinese porcelain plate decorated in grisaille depicting “the departure of pilgrims for the island of Cythera” based on a 1708 engraving by Bernard Picard. Framed with flowers and foliage in “bianco sopra bianco” (fixed white) and a garland of gold fleurs-de-lis with marli. On the rim, stylized foliage and cornucopias in gold outlined in iron red.
Qianlong period (1736-1795), circa 1750.
Diameter 23 cm.
Some wear to the grisaille.
See F. and N. Hervouët, La porcelaine de la Compagnie des Indes à décor occidental n° 7.51 p. 160.