A EUROPEAN SUBJECT BOWL

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A EUROPEAN SUBJECT BOWL
CIRCA 1750

Painted in famille rose enamels with two courting couples in a Western landscape, one side with a maiden rebuffing her lover's advances and the other with a gentleman playing the mandolin while his lady holds the music (rim touched up)--9¼in. (23.5cm.) diam.

Lot Essay

Hervouet and Bruneau, op. cit., illustrate a saucer with the same musical couple en grisaille, p. 192.