A FAMILLE ROSE 'JUDGEMENT OF PARIS' PUNCHBOWL
A FAMILLE ROSE 'JUDGEMENT OF PARIS' PUNCHBOWL

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A FAMILLE ROSE 'JUDGEMENT OF PARIS' PUNCHBOWL
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The exterior enamelled and gilt with two shaped panels enclosing an allegorical scene depicting Paris with Aphrodite, Hera and Athena, after a European print, some wear
11.3/8 in. (29 cm.) diam.

Lot Essay

This scene, of which many variations exist, appears to have been based on a print of the original painted by Rubens.

Other examples with this subject matter are illustrated by D.F. Lunsingh Scheurleer, op.cit., nos.225-226; by D.S. Howard and J. Ayers, op.cit., vol.I, no.324; by M. Beurdeley, op.cit, nos.31, 130 and 131; by F. and N. Hervouët and Y. Bruneau, op.cit., p.310, nos.13.71-13.76.
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