CIRCA 1735

Details

A famille rose 'European Subject' teabowl and saucer
CIRCA 1735
The semi-eggshell porcelain delicately enamelled in a central roundel with a lady seated under a pink canopy, beside a basket of flowers on a table, wearing a yellow cap, pink laced-up bodice and black skirt, holding a spear in her left hand, the border with three floral sprays (2)

Provenance

With J.Stodel, Amsterdam, acquired by the present owner.

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Sale room notice

Please note that this lot consists of a pair of cups and saucers.

Lot Essay

It is uncertain who this figure is supposed to represent. One view is that since she holds a spear, the scene might depict a lady dressed as the goddess Diana. However, in view of her simple dress, she may be dressed as a shepherdess; this was a popular costume in which ladies were painted at the end of the seventeenth century. For a discussion on the source, see Howard and Ayers, China for the West, London and New York, 1978, vol.II, no.360. A similar saucer is in the Winterthur Museum, illustrated by A. Palmer, A Winterthur Guide to Chinese Export Porcelain, New York, 1976, fig.47, p.83. Another is illustrated by Hervouët and Bruneau, La Porcelaine des Compagnies des Indes à Décor Occidental, Paris, 1986, p.121, fig.6.20.

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