18TH CENTURY
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Two Erotic Chinese Export Wares
18th century
One a famille rose tea caddy, the flattened front and reverse depicting a man attending a maiden in an interior, with an observer at the window, surrounded by a gilt scrolling border, the sides with cartouches of garden scenes, the neck and edges worked in a diaper ground; the other a shallow saucer painted in grisaille with an allegorical scene; together with a modern box and cover, the interior painted with an erotic scene; five Japanese tea bowls painted in gold and enamels with women, the reverse with copulating couples
Tea caddy 4¼in. (10.5cm.) high (8)
18th century
One a famille rose tea caddy, the flattened front and reverse depicting a man attending a maiden in an interior, with an observer at the window, surrounded by a gilt scrolling border, the sides with cartouches of garden scenes, the neck and edges worked in a diaper ground; the other a shallow saucer painted in grisaille with an allegorical scene; together with a modern box and cover, the interior painted with an erotic scene; five Japanese tea bowls painted in gold and enamels with women, the reverse with copulating couples
Tea caddy 4¼in. (10.5cm.) high (8)