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510 Paintings of elegant women in intimate settings form a
distinctive group among domestic genre scenes. James Cahill
A PAIR OF FAMILLE-VERTE ‘ELEGANT suggests that these informal depictions of intimates were
produced to appeal to women consumers. Cahill describes
BEAUTIES’ DISHES
and illustrates a 17th century eight-leaf album, each leaf
QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD centering on the close friendship between the same two
elegantly attired ladies. It seems likely that such paintings
each resting on a tapered foot rising to curved steep sides,
in! uenced the artisans at Jingdezhen who painted similar
the interior well-painted with an informal domestic scene of
two aristocratic ladies, the " rst with one " gure reclining on a subjects on porcelain. For more on this subject see James
Cahill, Pictures for Use and Pleasure, Vernacular Painting in
daybed smiling and her laughing con" dant playfully tugging at
High Qing China, Berkeley, 2010, pp. 124-129.
the sash around her waist, the other depicting the same ladies
with one seated on a stool resting one arm along the edge of $ 8,000-12,000
a rustic trunk-form stand, gazing at her companion standing
behind with one hand resting atop her shoulder, a large ૶ੰဢ ʞ੹˻ɾྡᆵɓ࿁
recessed leg table in the background bearing a vase with coral,
a teapot and cup, a tray of food, a book and other luxurious Ը๕
objects (2) John Sparks Ltd.dࡐ౱
Diameter 7⅝ in., 19.4 cm Sidney T. Cook (1910-1964) ϗᔛdϤܝ࢕ૄෂו
PROVENANCE
John Sparks Ltd., London.
Collection of Sidney T. Cook (1910-1964), and thence by
descent.

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