Lot 446
446
A PAIR OF RARE FAMILLE ROSE ALLEGORICAL TEABOWLS AND SAUCERS
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A PAIR OF RARE FAMILLE ROSE ALLEGORICAL TEABOWLS AND SAUCERS

CIRCA 1750-60

Details
A PAIR OF RARE FAMILLE ROSE ALLEGORICAL TEABOWLS AND SAUCERS
Circa 1750-60
Each enamelled and gilt with two naked boys embracing and watching another child blowing bubbles from a pipe, surrounded by a pyramid, a column, a globe and a mask below a rococo foliage border, one with rims chipped and the saucer cracked (2)
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Christie's, Amsterdam, 26 March 1980, lot 1924 (to Dreesmann).
Dr Anton C.R. Dreesmann (inventory no. J-105).
Special notice
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Sale room notice
Please note that one saucer is not cracked but has been in two and restuck.

Lot Essay

The composition is reminiscent of the engravings by N. Cochin for Science et Géométrie. A covered cup and saucer from this service is in the Rijksmuseum and is illustrated by C. Jörg, Chinese Ceramics in the Collection of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 1997, no.341. Two teabowls and saucers from the same service are in the Groninger Museum, Groningen, and a teapot and cover is in the British Museum.

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