ID 807364
Lot 1050 | A PAINTED ENAMEL 'EUROPEAN-SUBJECT’ CUP AND A SNUFF BOX AND COVER
Valeur estimée
$ 4 000 – 6 000
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
The tall cup is brilliantly enameled on the exterior with a continuous scene of European gentlemen on horseback riding towards a robed lady standing in a loggia, with a cliffside castle and ships in the distant background, the rim and foot with gilding. The rectangular snuff box is enameled on top of the cover with two European ladies and a gentleman sitting in a garden, the interior with a scene painted in sepia and light blue of figures along a riverbank. The bombé sides feature similar riverscapes in cartouches against a dark blue ground, the base decorated with a spray of finger citrons and lilies, fitted with gilt metal mounts.
Cup: 2 3/8 in. (6 cm.) high
Snuff box: 3 in. (7.5 cm.) wide
Provenance
The Chinese Porcelain Company, New York.
Literature
Cup: The Chinese Porcelain Company, Chinese Works of Art and Snuff Bottles, New York, 1994, p. 34, no. 27.
Snuff box: The Chinese Porcelain Company, Chinese Painted Enamels of the 18th Century, New York, 1993, p. 67, no. 58.
Exhibited
Cup: New York, The Chinese Porcelain Company, Chinese Works of Art and Snuff Bottles, 1-24 June 1994.
Snuff box: New York, The Chinese Porcelain Company, Chinese Painted Enamels of the 18th Century, 14-21 October 1993.
| Technique appliquée: | Poterie |
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| Matériel: | Céramique, Porcelaine |
| Époque historique: | Période Qianlong |
| Lieu d'origine: | Chine, Asie de l'Est, Asie |
| Catégorie maison de vente aux enchères: | Tous les autres types d'objets |
| Technique appliquée: | Poterie |
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| Matériel: | Céramique, Porcelaine |
| Époque historique: | Période Qianlong |
| Lieu d'origine: | Chine, Asie de l'Est, Asie |
| Catégorie maison de vente aux enchères: | Tous les autres types d'objets |
| Adresse de l'enchère |
CHRISTIE'S 20 Rockefeller Plaza 10020 New York Etats-Unis | ||||||||||||||
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| Téléphone | +1 212 636 2000 | ||||||||||||||
| Fax | +1 212 636 4930 | ||||||||||||||
| Conditions d'utilisation | Conditions d'utilisation | ||||||||||||||
| transport |
Service postal Service de messagerie ramassage par vous-même | ||||||||||||||
| Modes de paiement |
Virement bancaire | ||||||||||||||
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