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The Leo and Doris Hodroff Collection
A BLUE AND WHITE EUROPEAN SUBJECT CUP, COVER, AND STAND
KANGXI PERIOD, CIRCA 1690
Details
A BLUE AND WHITE EUROPEAN SUBJECT CUP, COVER, AND STAND
KANGXI PERIOD, CIRCA 1690
Each painted with the 'Queen Blanche' of France telling Louis XI, 'The Empire of Virtue stretches to the end of the world' (L'EMPIRE DE LA VERTU EST AB AU BOUT DE L'UNIVERS)
5 3/8 (13.6 cm.) diameter, the saucer
KANGXI PERIOD, CIRCA 1690
Each painted with the 'Queen Blanche' of France telling Louis XI, 'The Empire of Virtue stretches to the end of the world' (L'EMPIRE DE LA VERTU EST AB AU BOUT DE L'UNIVERS)
5 3/8 (13.6 cm.) diameter, the saucer
Provenance
With Charles Perry, Atlanta.
Literature
D.S. Howard, The Choice of the Private Trader, London, 1994, p. 173, no. 195 (the cover).