CIRCA 1785

細節

A FAMILLE ROSE EUROPEAN-SUBJECT TEAPOT, COVER AND STAND
CIRCA 1785
The cylindrical teapot with entwined rope-twist handle and flat cover enamelled on one side with a couple seated in front of a column supporting a classical urn, behind them stands a young man wearing a yellow 'pierrot' style costume, the other side with a lady seated beside a couple standing in front of a similar column supporting an orb, the stand decorated with the first scene, spout chipped
the stand 5 1/8 in. (13 cm.) wide

來源

Purchased from The Chinese Porcelain Company

注意事項

VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium

拍品專文

These scenes were most likely inspired by a painting by Watteau illustrating scenes from the Commedia dell'Arte. The figure wearing the yellow 'pierrot' costume is very similar to 'Gilles' by Watteau. For a saucer from this service, see Hervouët and Bruneau, La Porcelaine des Compagnies des Indes à Décor Occidental, Paris, 1986, p.164, fig. 7.64, and ibid. p.203, fig. 9.32 for a similar version on another saucer taken from an engraving by C. N. Cochin and where the Commedia dell'Arte interpretation is suggested.