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A RARE CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE 'EUROPEAN-SUBJECT' CREAM JUG AND COVER
Lot 617

A RARE CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE 'EUROPEAN-SUBJECT' CREAM JUG AND COVER

QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-95)

Closed18 July 2012

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GBP 2,750

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A RARE CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE 'EUROPEAN-SUBJECT' CREAM JUG AND COVER
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-95)
Of pear shape with 'sparrow beak' spout, delicately enamelled with a couple in a garden beside another lady watering some flowers from a large pitcher
5 in. (13 cm.) high

Specialist note

The scene is taken from Le Printemps after a drawing by Lancret, engraved by Larmessin. See M. Beurdeley, Porcelain of the East India Companies, London, 1962, figs. 30 and 31, p. 55 for a bowl with this design together with the Larmessin engraving.