
An unusual Chinese famille rose European-subject tea bowl. Qianlong
Decorated in the famille rose palette, enamelled in fine detail with a large roundel depicting two ladies seated in an interior, being offered a dish of fruit by a gentleman in a blue frock-coat, the remaining fruit in a basket on a table beside them together with a large serving spoon.
- Country:
- China
- Period :
- Qianlong (1735-1795)
- Material:
- Porcelain
- Dimension:
- 5.51 in. (14 cm)
- Reference :
- E577
- Status:
- sold
Related works
A tea caddy, from The Chinese Porcelain Company (NYC), was in the The J.Louis Binder Collection of Chinese Export Art (Christie’s NYC, 17 June 2003, lot 43.
A coffee pot with the same decoration is illustrated by François et Nicole Hervouët, La Porcelaine des Compagnies des Indes à Décor Occidental, 1986,p. 145.