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A PAIR OF SILVERED FAMILLE ROSE PLATES A FAMILLE ROSE EUROPEAN SUBJECT SOUP PLATE
YONGZHENG PERIOD (1723-35) QIANLONG PERIOD, CIRCA 1760
Each fnely enameled in the center with a Chinese lady playing a Colorfully enameled with a lady and a gentleman in a fanciful
qin, a cabinet behind her, inner borders grisaille and gilt, the rims rocaille garden, each wearing elaborately plumed hat, the
silvered with iron-red alternating with green and blue enamel gentleman being served a glass of wine by a servant to his side
cartouches 8¾ in. (22.2 cm.) diameter
8⅞ in. (22.5 cm.) diameter (2)
$2,000-3,000
$2,000-3,000
PROVENANCE:
PROVENANCE: The collection of Contessa Luisa Feltrinelli Doria,Villa Feltrinelli,
With Jorge Welsh Works of Art, London and Lisbon. Gargnano
LITERATURE:
William R. Sargent, Chinese Porcelain in the Conde Collection,
Madrid, 2014, p. 213, no. 73.
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A RARE PAIR OF EUROPEAN SUBJECT PLATES
QIANLONG PERIOD, CIRCA 1765-1770
36 Each enameled in the center with a courting European couple
bowing to each other, on the rim a gilt vine border
A PAIR OF 'JUDGMENT OF PARIS' PLATES 9 in. (22.8 cm.) diameter (2)
QIANLONG PERIOD, CIRCA 1750
Each with the famous scene from Greek mythology showing Paris $3,000-5,000
before the goddesses Hera, Athena and Aphrodite, each vying for
PROVENANCE:
the golden apple, all within a gilt rocaille scrollwork border
With The Chinese Porcelain Co., New York.
9 in. (22.8 cm.) diameter (2)
LITERATURE:
$1,500-2,500
William R. Sargent, Chinese Porcelain in the Conde Collection,
Madrid, 2014, p. 229, no. 85.
PROVENANCE:
Popular in classical times, the story of the Judgment of Paris
enjoyed a great revival in the Renaissance and later, providing as it Curiously, the identical couple appear on the forehead of a large
did a high-minded purpose for the painting of three female nudes. ox-head tureen. The origin of that order is unknown. See W.R.
It was painted by European artists from Rubens to Renoir; 18th Sargent, referenced above.
century prints were taken to China where it became one of the
most broadly painted subjects for export porcelain.
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AN IRON-RED AND GILT 'JOHN THE BAPTIST' DISH
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EARLY 18TH CENTURY
A FAMILLE ROSE 'PEPPING TOM' PLATE Enameled and gilt at the center with a biblical scene of the
QIANLONG PERIOD, CIRCA 1775 Baptism of Christ by St. John in the River Jordan beneath a dove in
Tom perched in the branches of a tree, observing a hunter fight, the border with two sprays of composite fruit branches held
approach his lady love below, all within purple garland border at the top by an exotic bird and two putti holding ribbons at either
9¼ in. (23.5 cm.) diameter side of the inscription 'MAT.3.16' below
10¾ in. (27.3 cm.) diameter
$1,000-1,500
$1,000-1,500
PROVENANCE:
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 11 May 2004, lot 131.

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A FAMILLE ROSE EUROPEAN SUBJECT TEAPOT AND
COVER
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
Of globular form, painted after Lancret with 'Le Printemps', the
domed cover with ball fnial
7⅜ in. (18.8 cm.) long (2)
$1,500-2,500
PROVENANCE:
41 With Suchow & Siegel, New York.

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