Lot Essay
Cf. Howard and Ayres, op. cit. p. 307, no. 300 for a teapot with similar decoration
RELIGIOUS SUBJECT
A SMALL GRISAILLE AND GILT-DECORATED "ADAM & EVE" SAUCER
Details
A SMALL GRISAILLE AND GILT-DECORATED "ADAM & EVE" SAUCER
QIANLONG, CIRCA 1745
Painted with two nude figures exchanging the forbidden fruit, beside a serpent in a tree, below a gilt floral band at the rim (star crack) --4½in. (11.5 cm.)
diam.; together with a mythological subject, grisaille and gilt- decorated saucer, Qianlong, circa 1740, depicting Juno and her peacock, (star crack)--4¾in. (12 cm.) diam. (2)
QIANLONG, CIRCA 1745
Painted with two nude figures exchanging the forbidden fruit, beside a serpent in a tree, below a gilt floral band at the rim (star crack) --4½in. (11.5 cm.)
diam.; together with a mythological subject, grisaille and gilt- decorated saucer, Qianlong, circa 1740, depicting Juno and her peacock, (star crack)--4¾in. (12 cm.) diam. (2)