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A salt cellar "Les Plaisirs du Printemps" or "The Gallant Hunter"
Estimate
500 - 800
Session 1
6 June 2023
Hammer Price
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Chinese export porcelain
Polychrome "Famille Rose" enamelled and gilt decoration with central landscape with figures, after engraving by Jean-Michele Moreau le Jeune (1741-1814)
Qianlong reign (1736-1795)
3x9x7 cm
Category
Porcelain
Additional Information
Pieces of identical decoration would have been part of the dinner set commissioned by the Counts of Ficalho in the late 18th century - referred to in Portugal as the "Hunter" dinner set.
Literature:
François and Nicole Hervouet and Yves Bruneau "La Porcelaine des Compagnie des Indes à décor Occidental" p. 72 il 3.18;
A. Varela Santos, "Portugal na Porcelana da China - 500 Anos de Comércio", vol. III, pp. 920-921
Filomena Cunha Alves and Paulo Cunha Alves, "Do Oriente ao Ocidente - A aventura da porcelana chinesa de exportação com decoração ocidental (1695-1815), p.174.
Closed Auction
