A famille rose « the Sleeping Beauty » teapot. Qianlong
This seldom European motif depicted on Chinese porcelain illustrates a courteous subject that stems from the literary theme “the Sleeping Beauty” well known at the end of the seventeenth century and the beginning of the eighteenth century. In a central panel, a man wearing a tricorn takes advantage of the slumber of a young woman to lift her veil and to gaze at her chest. In the same blue and pink hues, five rocaille garlands complete the decoration, most likely after a cartouche by Johann Esaias Nilson (1721-1788).
- Country:
- China
- Period :
- Qianlong (1735-1795)
- Material:
- Porcelain
- Dimension:
- 4.72 in. (12 cm)
- Reference :
- D166
- Status:
- sold
Related works
A tea bowl and saucer with the same decoration, from the Hervouët collection, are in the collection of the Musée de la Compagnie des Indes in Lorient – Inv. ML362 (1,2) C160-161.
The same saucer is also reproduced by Hervouët & Bruneau in La Porcelaine des Compagnies des Indes à Décor Occidental, 1986, p. 163, cat. 7.62 and by Louis Mézin in Cargaisons de Chine – Porcelaines de la Compagnie des Indes du Musée de Lorient, 2002, no. 85.
A plate painted en grisaille with a variation of this decoration is reproduced Hervouët & Bruneau in La Porcelaine des Compagnies des Indes à Décor Occidental, 1986, p. 162, cat. 7.60.
Notice
The print source has not been found but is closed of two print sources, one by Edme Jeurat (1688-1738), the second by Charles Eisen (1720-1778).
