A GROUP OF CHINESE EXPORT PORCELAIN FAMILLE ROSE 'EUROPEAN SUBJECT' TEAWARES
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A GROUP OF CHINESE EXPORT PORCELAIN FAMILLE ROSE 'EUROPEAN SUBJECT' TEAWARES

QIANLONG PERIOD, CIRCA 1780

Closed20 October 2023

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A GROUP OF CHINESE EXPORT PORCELAIN FAMILLE ROSE 'EUROPEAN SUBJECT' TEAWARES
QIANLONG PERIOD, CIRCA 1780
Comprising a teabowl and its saucer each painted with a European lady being served tea by a turbaned figure, a pink rose resting on her tea-table, an oval purple rug patterned with purple scrolling foliage and a green border beneath, the rims suspending floral and foliate swags; and a small bowl with a 'Peeping Tom' subject, painted to each side with a reclining nude woman pulling back a curtain to be seen by Harlequin
5 5⁄8 in. (14.3 cm.) diameter, the saucer

The Mildred R. and Rafi Y. Mottahedeh Collection; Sotheby's, New York, 30 January 1985, lot 211 (the 'Peeping Tom' bowl).
The Collection of Angelo Castelo Branco Cerqueira Caldas; Sotheby's, London, 8 May 1990, lot 152 (the teabowl and saucer) and lot 153 (the 'Peeping Tom' bowl).
Acquired by Ann and Gordon Getty from the above.

Specialist note

For a comparable example and a brief discussion of the present 'tea-serving' motif and its depiction of a Persian rug, a rarity in Chinese export porcelain, see F. & N. Hervouët and Y. Bruneau, La Porcelaine des Compagnies des Indes a Decor Occidental, Paris, 1986, p. 130, no. 6.45.