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PROPERTY FROM THE NELSON KLINE COLLECTION, NEW YORK
A PAINTED ENAMEL `EUROPEAN-SUBJECT’ CUP AND A SNUFF BOX AND COVER
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
Details
A PAINTED ENAMEL 'EUROPEAN-SUBJECT’ CUP AND A SNUFF BOX AND COVER
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
The tall cup is brilliantly enameled on the exterior with a continuous scene of European gentlemen on horseback riding towards a robed lady standing in a loggia, with a cliffside castle and ships in the distant background, the rim and foot with gilding. The rectangular snuff box is enameled on top of the cover with two European ladies and a gentleman sitting in a garden, the interior with a scene painted in sepia and light blue of figures along a riverbank. The bombé sides feature similar riverscapes in cartouches against a dark blue ground, the base decorated with a spray of finger citrons and lilies, fitted with gilt metal mounts.
Cup: 2 3/8 in. (6 cm.) high
Snuff box: 3 in. (7.5 cm.) wide
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
The tall cup is brilliantly enameled on the exterior with a continuous scene of European gentlemen on horseback riding towards a robed lady standing in a loggia, with a cliffside castle and ships in the distant background, the rim and foot with gilding. The rectangular snuff box is enameled on top of the cover with two European ladies and a gentleman sitting in a garden, the interior with a scene painted in sepia and light blue of figures along a riverbank. The bombé sides feature similar riverscapes in cartouches against a dark blue ground, the base decorated with a spray of finger citrons and lilies, fitted with gilt metal mounts.
Cup: 2 3/8 in. (6 cm.) high
Snuff box: 3 in. (7.5 cm.) wide
Provenance
The Chinese Porcelain Company, New York.
Literature
Cup: The Chinese Porcelain Company, Chinese Works of Art and Snuff Bottles, New York, 1994, p. 34, no. 27.
Snuff box: The Chinese Porcelain Company, Chinese Painted Enamels of the 18th Century, New York, 1993, p. 67, no. 58.
Snuff box: The Chinese Porcelain Company, Chinese Painted Enamels of the 18th Century, New York, 1993, p. 67, no. 58.
Exhibited
Cup: New York, The Chinese Porcelain Company, Chinese Works of Art and Snuff Bottles, 1-24 June 1994.
Snuff box: New York, The Chinese Porcelain Company, Chinese Painted Enamels of the 18th Century, 14-21 October 1993.
Snuff box: New York, The Chinese Porcelain Company, Chinese Painted Enamels of the 18th Century, 14-21 October 1993.
Brought to you by
Rufus Chen (陳嘉安)
Head of Sale, AVP, Specialist