AN UNUSUAL EUROPEAN SUBJECT VASE

FIRST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY

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AN UNUSUAL EUROPEAN SUBJECT VASE
FIRST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
Finely painted in grisaille with a stippled technique in imitation of engraving, one side with boys studying under a tree while in the distance others play cricket, the other side with a view possibly of the west facade of Chatsworth, a bridge in the foreground, on the neck on each side a classical garden folly, all reserved on a lavishly enamelled gilt ground, the side panels of multiple butterflies amidst colorful chrysanthemum, the gilt handles boys seated on lotus pads
17¼ in. (43.8 cm.)

拍品专文

A remarkable combination of high-style 'Canton famille rose' enamelling and grisaille European subjects, this vase certainly must have been a special commission, with the apparent purpose of extolling the virtues of English country life. Hervouet and Bruneau, op. cit., p. 202, illustrate this view of boys, noting that it comes from a treatise called Elegant Extracts...For the Improvement of Youth and report that in a well-known portrait of Admiral Nelson the treatise is shown in his lap, open to this scene.