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A set of six Buen Retiro porcelain cups and saucers in a shagreen travelling case, circa 1765

Estimate

4,000 - 6,000 EUR

Lot Details

Description

each painted with a Watteauesque or Commedia dell’Arte scene of elegant figures in landscape, including Harlequin, Scaramouche and Columbine, with buildings or ruins in the distance, with gilt scroll borders and gilt rims, the cups with gilt-scroll handle, fleur de lys marks in underglaze-blue to most pieces; with a rectangular shagreen teal velvet-lined fitted case with brass mounts, lock, and key


(14)


Cup 7,5 cm, 3 in. high

Saucer 13 cm, 5 ⅛ in. diameter

Case 35,7 cm, 14 ⅛ in. long; 26,2 cm, 10 ⅜ in. wide

Marseille Enchères Provence, Marseille, 28 June 2014 (lot number not known).