Property from the Estate of Andrew Hartnagle
AN EXTREMELY RARE PAIR OF CHINESE EXPORT FAMILLE-ROSE SQUARE-FORM BOXES AND COVERS, QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD, 1735-45 | 清乾隆 1735-45年 粉彩西洋樂人圖蓋盒一對
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January 26, 08:38 PM GTNN
Estimate
25,000 - 40,000 USD
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AN EXTREMELY RARE PAIR OF CHINESE EXPORT FAMILLE-ROSE SQUARE-FORM BOXES AND COVERS
QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD, 1735-45
清乾隆 1735-45年 粉彩西洋樂人圖蓋盒一對
each painted on each side with either a European couple seated at a table and drinking tea amidst Chinese ornaments or a pair of European musicians amidst flowering peonies all with elaborate rocaillerie borders, the casket set on a galleried plinth painted with lotus blossom and gilt cell diaperwork and surmounted on the corners with seated kylins, the cover similarly decorated and with a knop in the form of a kylin seated on a cushion.
height 11⅜ in.; 28.9 cm
Sotheby's Monaco, June 23rd, 1986, lot 1106
collects ion of a Gentleman of Title
Sotheby's New York, January 27th, 1988, lot 246
A similarly decorated but smaller pair of examples, without their covers, were sold in our London rooms, May 25th, 1971, lot 139. Another larger pair with ruyi-shaped feet, also without covers, is in the collects ion of the Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library, Winterthur, Delaware, and illustrated in Arlene M. Palmer, A Winterthur Guide to Chinese Export Porcelain, New York, 1976, p. 81. A detail of one example is illustrated in François and Nicole Hervouët, Yves Bruneau, La porcelaine des compagnies des Indes, à décor occidental, Paris, 1986, p.187, fig. 8.13.