Estimate

400 - 600

Session 2

25 June 2014

Hammer Price

Description

Chinese export porcelain
Grisaille and gilt decoration depicting Mythological Figures
Representing Venus riding a acarriage on clouds, accompained by Cupid shooting against a sleeping warrior wich is protected by Minerva, standing next to him. The sleeping warrior is sometimes identified as Ulysses, Adonis or Paris
Tab decorated with a barroque frieze
Qianlong Period (1736-1795)
(one restored chip)

Diam.: 23 cm

Category

Porcelain

Additional Information

Bibliography: Hervouët, François et Nicole; Bruneau, Yves, "La Porcelaine des Compagnies des Indes a Décor Occidental"; Howard, David; Ayers, John, "China for the West", vol. I, p. 337.