SAMPLE DISH IN SÈVRES TENDER PORCELAIN FROM THE 18th CENTURY, DATED 1789 With polychrome decoration in the centre of two birds on arabesques and garlands of flowers in a medallion surrounded by a yellow braid and garland of flowers in blue, the wing decorated with birds, vases, arabesques, attributes and garlands of flowers, yellow braid, garland of foliage in blue. Marked : LL interlaced, letter-date MM, painter's mark Denis Levé, painter's mark Vincent D. 24 cm (9 ½ in.) Provenance : Christie's London sale, 12 June 1995, lot 534 ; Former Charles-Otto Zieseniss collection, Christie's Paris sale, 5-6 December 2001, lot 305. A soft-paste Sevres porcelain sample plate, 18th century, the painting by Denis Levé and Vincent