Estimate

400 - 600

Session 2

10 December 2014

Hammer Price

Description

Chinese export porcelain
Grisaille and gilt 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
Tab decorated with Baroque frieze
Qianlong Period (1736-1795)

Diam: 23 cm

Category

Porcelain

Additional Information

Bibliography: Hervouet, François et Nicole; Bruneau, Yves, "la porcelaine des Compagnies des Indes a Décor Occidental", pp 304
Howard, David; Ayres, John, "China for the West", Vol. 8 pp. 337