A set of three En Grisaille and gilt European subject religious plates, early Qianlong, one depicting the nativity; the second depicting the Crucifixion; the third depicting the Resurrection, each plate with a decorative floral border, circa 1740, 22.6 cm. Provenance: Christies Amsterdam, 20/11/2001, lot 447. Literature: see: Howard and Ayers, China for the West, 1978, pl 312, p 318 for a Crucifixion plate and and pl 313, p 319 for a later and less refined Resurrection plate; also see Helena Woolworth McCann collection, Phillips, pl 8 in colour, Metropolitan Museum of Art, for a comparable example