A RARE CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE 'EUROPEAN-SUBJECT' TEAPOT AND COVER
A RARE CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE 'EUROPEAN-SUBJECT' TEAPOT AND COVER
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A RARE CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE `EUROPEAN-SUBJECT' TEAPOT AND COVER

QIANLONG PERIOD, CIRCA 1750

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A RARE CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE 'EUROPEAN-SUBJECT' TEAPOT AND COVER
QIANLONG PERIOD, CIRCA 1750
Enamelled with a cartouche on one side depicting a mother and child on a terrace in front of a large fortified building, and on the other side with a couple in conversation beside a youth eaves-dropping; with metal chain extending from the finial to the handle
7 in. (18 cm.) wide

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For the second scene, see Hervoüet and Bruneau, La Porcelaine des Compagnies des Indes à Décor Occidental, Paris, 1986, p. 165, fig. 7.72.

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