CIRCA 1742

细节

A FAMILLE ROSE 'FOUR ELEMENTS' TEABOWL AND SAUCER DEPICTING 'FIRE'
Circa 1742
The semi-eggshell porcelain enamelled with Jupiter holding a thunderbolt accompanied by a black eagle visiting Vulcan, god of fire, at his forge assisted by putti, above the scene Venus arrives in her chariot on a cloud

来源

Dr Anton C.R. Dreesmann (inventory no. J-55).

注意事项

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拍品专文

The scene is taken from engravings after a series of paintings by Francesco Albani (1578-1660) commissioned by Cardinal Maurice of Savoy representing 'The Four Elements', which are now in the Museum of Turin. A set of four plates representing Water, Earth, Fire and Air, is illustrated by G. C. Williamson, The Book of Famille Rose, London, 1970, pl. XXXIX; and another set is illustrated by A. Palmer, A Winterthur Guide to Chinese Export Porcelain, New York, 1976, fig.7. Plates of this design are in the British Museum, the Musée Guimet, and other pieces from a tea-service are in the Royal Museums of Art and History, Brussels.