GALERIE NICOLAS FOURNERY

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.

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