YONGZHENG (1723-35)

細節

A FAMILLE ROSE 'EROTIC' TEABOWL AND SAUCER
Yongzheng (1723-35)
Enamelled on the semi-eggshell porcelain with a European lady holding a coral branch, wearing a Chinese-style cloak over her robes, accompanied by a semi-naked attendant who holds the leash of a spotted dog, all in a Chinese interior, within a grisaille diaper band at the rim, minor damage

來源

With Salomon Stodel, Amsterdam, no.C.E.47, 1994, acquired by
Dr Anton C.R. Dreesmann (inventory no. J-164).

注意事項

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拍品專文

The significance of this scene and the combination of the European figures and the Chinese interior is a mystery. A saucer-dish with this unusual design is illustrated by Hervouët and Bruneau, La Porcelaine des Compagnies des Indes à Décor Occidental, Paris, 1986, p.113, fig.5.8.