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A Qianlong "Mythological Figures" bowl
Estimate
350 - 500
Session 2
7 October 2014
Hammer Price
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Chinese export porcelain
Grisaille decoration depicting Venus at her carriage, followed by Cupid shooting against a sleeping warrior, next to him and protecting him is Minerva
The warrior is sometimes identified as Ulysses, Adonis or Paris
Qianlong Period (1736-1795)
Height 6,5cm
Diam: 12cm
Category
Porcelain
Additional Information
Bibliography: Hervouët, François et Nicole; Bruneau, Yves, La Porcelaine des Compagnies des Indes a Decór Occidental, p. 304; Howard, David; Ayers, John, China for the West, vol. I, p. 337
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