Lot 221
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A FAMILLE ROSE 'EUROPEAN-SUBJECT' CUP, enamelled with a scene after the Italian artist Francesco Albani (1578-1669), symbolizing Fire from 'The Four Elements', depicting Venus, goddess of lust and love, standing on a chariot, Jupiter, symbol of celestial fire and Vulcan, god of earthly fire, both in reclining pose surrounded by various figures of Amor (small rim frittings); and a famille rose 'European-subject' saucer, enamelled with Jupiter dressed as a shepherd seducing a Muse seated on a tree-trunk (small rim fritting and crack), both circa 1740 (2)

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A FAMILLE ROSE 'EUROPEAN-SUBJECT' CUP, enamelled with a scene after the Italian artist Francesco Albani (1578-1669), symbolizing Fire from 'The Four Elements', depicting Venus, goddess of lust and love, standing on a chariot, Jupiter, symbol of celestial fire and Vulcan, god of earthly fire, both in reclining pose surrounded by various figures of Amor (small rim frittings); and a famille rose 'European-subject' saucer, enamelled with Jupiter dressed as a shepherd seducing a Muse seated on a tree-trunk (small rim fritting and crack), both circa 1740 (2)

Lot Essay

The 'Four Elements' (1635) by F. Albani were painted for the cardinal of Savoy who later became King of Sardinia. They are presently exhibited in the Galleria Sabauda in Turin. The cup is based on an engraving by Hérisset inspired by this series. cf. F.& N.Hervouët et Y.Bruneau, La Porcelaine des Compagnies des Indes, p.318, fig.13.92;
The decoration of the saucer is based on an engraving by I.de Bensérade for S.le Clerc, "Ovid's Metamorphoses", published in 1676, H. Glatz, London. cf. F.& N. Hervouët et Y.Bruneau, op.cit, p.303, fig.13.45

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