A FAMILLE ROSE 'EUROPEAN-SUBJECT' SMALL TEACADDY finely enamelled on either side with a scene depicting four children playing outside a school (the shoulder with small hairline crack), late Qianlong

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A FAMILLE ROSE 'EUROPEAN-SUBJECT' SMALL TEACADDY finely enamelled on either side with a scene depicting four children playing outside a school (the shoulder with small hairline crack), late Qianlong
8cm. high

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A similarly decorated teacaddy is illustrated by G. C. Williamson, op. cit., pl. XL1. The scene is after Thomas Stoddart, RA (1755-1834). Two saucers, also painted with children before European buildings after Thomas Stoddart are illustrated by D. Howard and J. Ayers, op. cit., pl. 288 and by F. et N. Hervouet et Y. Bruneau, op. cit., p. 92, pl. 4.33

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