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A Qianlong "Poseidn and Amphitrite" cup and saucer, ca. 1745
Estimate
300 - 400
Session 2
29 April 2014
Hammer Price
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Chinese export porcelain
Polychrome decoration depicting Poseidon (God of the Seas) and his wife Amphitrite holding rococo cartouches bearing monograms
Cup rim and saucer interior with cartouches depicting birds, flowers and two ships with Dutch flags
Qianlong period, ca. 1745
(both pieces with minor chips)
Diam. pires: 12 cm
Height taça: 4 cm
Category
Porcelain
Additional Information
Note: This service was commissioned to celebrate a wedding, other similar commissions are recorded to celebrate weddings and other occasions, that's the case of the service commissioned to celebrate the weding of Queen Juliana Marie of Denmark, on that occasion the decoration depicts the Queen's portrait on one cartouche and the monogram on the other.
Bibliography: Beurdeley, Michel, Porcelaine da La Compagnie des Indes, p. 204; Hervouët, François et Nicole; Bruneau, Yves, La Porcelaine des Compagnies des Indes a Décor Occidental, p. 332; Howard, David; Ayers, John, China for the West, vol. II, pp. 398-399; Phillips, John Goldsmith, "China - Trade Porcelain", pp. 114-117.
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