AN EARLY EUROPEAN SUBJECT FAMILLE ROSE SAUCER

CIRCA 1735

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AN EARLY EUROPEAN SUBJECT FAMILLE ROSE SAUCER
CIRCA 1735
A pink-robed, curly-haired Westerner holding a branch of coral stands beside a semi-nude boy with a spotted hound on a gilt leash
4 5/8 inches (11.7 cm) diameter

Provenance

Jorge Getulio Veiga Collection, Rio de Janeiro, no. 151

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Lot Essay

Part of a group of Yongzheng and early Qianlong porcelains showing Westerners in very Chinese dress and settings. Other pieces from this tea service were in the Benjamin Ginsburg Collection (see Hervouët & Bruneau, op cit, p 113) and the Khalil Rizk Collection, sold Sotheby's, New York, 25 April 2008, lot 109.

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