Lot 136
136
A FAMILLE ROSE EUROPEAN-SUBJECT SAUCER DISH brightly decorated in yellow, blue, turquoise and pink enamels, grisaille and iron-red with a charming gardening scene with a lady watering flowers beside a gentleman holding a spade looking at a lady holding a basket of flowers standing beside a tree (rim crack restored), Qianlong

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A FAMILLE ROSE EUROPEAN-SUBJECT SAUCER DISH brightly decorated in yellow, blue, turquoise and pink enamels, grisaille and iron-red with a charming gardening scene with a lady watering flowers beside a gentleman holding a spade looking at a lady holding a basket of flowers standing beside a tree (rim crack restored), Qianlong
23.5cm. diam.

Lot Essay

This scene is based on Le Printemps a print by Larmessin after a drawing by Lancret circa 1770. Another example can be seen in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London in the Basil Ionides Bequest

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