CIRCA 1745-50

細節

A RARE FAMILLE ROSE EUROPEAN-SUBJECT PLATE
Circa 1745-50
Finely enamelled at the centre with 'Les Pèlerins de l'Isle de Cythère', Cupid leading the couple along the bank of an estuary beside a forest, lighting their way with a torch in his right hand, the gentleman pouring a cup of wine for the lady at his side, a boat sailing on the water beyond, and a view of Western buildings along the far shore visible in the distance, a gilt band in the well and the border with iron-red and gilt shell scroll
9 1/8 in. (23.2 cm.) diam.

來源

Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 3 November 1987, lot 636 (to Dreesmann).
Dr Anton C.R. Dreesmann (inventory no. J-143).

注意事項

No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

拍品專文

This scene is directly copied from an engraving of 1708 by Bernard Picart. Several versions of this design are known on Chinese porcelain, although the enamelled examples are quite rare. See the following lot for a pair of plates in the more common palette. An enamelled plate from the Mottahedeh Collection, is illustrated by Howard and Ayers, China for the West, London and New York, 1978, vol.II, no.353. The same print is copied on Meissen porcelain of circa 1730-35, see S. Ducret, Meissner Porzellan, Braunschweig, 1972, vol.II, p.96, figs.67 and 68.