Lot 405
Lot 405
A GROUP OF CHINESE EXPORT PORCELAIN FAMILLE ROSE 'EUROPEAN SUBJECT' TEAWARES

QIANLONG PERIOD, CIRCA 1780

Price Realised USD 1,386
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USD 800 - USD 1,200
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A GROUP OF CHINESE EXPORT PORCELAIN FAMILLE ROSE 'EUROPEAN SUBJECT' TEAWARES

QIANLONG PERIOD, CIRCA 1780

Price Realised USD 1,386
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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
558 in. (14.3 cm.) diameter, the saucer
Provenance
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.
Literature
D. Howard and J. Ayers, China for the West, New York and London, 1978, vol. I, pp. 344-345, no. 342, the 'Peeping Tom' bowl.
Exhibited
Richmond, The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, The Mottahedeh Collection, January 1981-October 1982, the 'Peeping Tom' bowl.
New York, Sotheby Parke Bernet, China for the West, February 1984, the 'Peeping Tom' bowl.
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Lot Essay

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.

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