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47. Famille rose miniature cylindrical fluted teapot and cover, painted on both sides with the scene ‘Leaving for School’ with
a young girl and a boy holding a sack over his shoulder leaving their home with their mother at the door seeing them
off, with further buildings in a landscape scene, beneath a blue-enamel and gilt band, the moulded handle with foliage
and ruyi-head gilt terminal, the fluted cover with blue enamel band surmounted by a peach and leaf finial.
6 ½ inches, 16.5 cm handle to spout, 4 inches, 10.2 cm high.
Late Qianlong, circa 1795.
• Formerly in an English private collection.
• A saucer from this tea set is illustrated by François & Nicole Hervouët & Yves Bruneau in La Porcelaine des
Compagnies des Indes, no. 4.33, p. 92; a monogrammed saucer is illustrated by David S. Howard & John Ayers in
China for the West, Volume one, no. 288, p. 291.
• A part miniature tea set with children playing leapfrog after school is illustrated by Elinor Gordon in Collecting
Chinese Export Porcelain, no. 78, p. 87, where the author notes ‘These are representative pieces from a set made for
children. The borders are in blue enamel and gilt. Another scene showing children leaving home for school was also
used, and possibly both of these were taken from French prints after the original paintings.’
• The scene is after a painting by the English artist, Thomas Stoddart, RA (1755-1834).

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