CIRCA 1775-80

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A PAIR OF SMALL FAMILLE ROSE 'CHERRY PICKERS' TEABOWLS AND SAUCERS
Circa 1775-80
Each enamelled with a young man on a ladder picking cherries from a tree and dropping them into the lap of a standing lady, another lady guiding the cherries from the lap into a large basket, the rim with a gold and iron-red rope-twist band, minor rim chips (2)

Provenance

With Ginsburg & Levy Inc., New York.
Bernice Chrysler Garbisch; Sotheby's, New York, 22-25 May 1980, lot 248 (to Dreesmann).
Dr Anton C.R. Dreesmann (inventory no. J-107).

Special notice

No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

Lot Essay

This design is taken from a print by Nicolas Ponce after Antoine Baudouin, brother-in-law to François Boucher, and it was the inspiration for Boucher's large painting with this subject, which is now in the Iveagh Bequest, Kenwood House.

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