1503
Six Piece Grisaille Mythological Tea Set
Estimate:
$800 - $1,200
Sold
$400
Live Auction
June 10th, 2023 Gallery Auction l Paintings, Furniture, Decorative Arts, and Fine Rugs
Category
Description
Qianlong era, circa 1750
Chinese export continental market. A six-piece part tea-set comprising one coffee cup, one tea bowl, two saucers, and one sucrier (sugar bowl) together with its cover. Each with central image of Jupiter (Zeus), the "King of the Gods," with stylized Du Paquier border, saucer, 5 in. Diam.; cup, 2 1/4 in.; tea bowl, 2 3/4 in. Diam. sugar bowl, 4 3/4 in. Diam. Chinese Export Porcelain in the Reeves Center Collection at Washington and Lee University, (Th. V. Litzenburg, London 2003), p.190, cat. 187. La Porcelaine de Compagnies des Indes a Décor Occidental, (F. & N. Hervouet & Y. Bruneau, Flammarion - Pere Castor, Paris 1986), p.292, nos. 13.1 & 13.2.
Condition
Sucrier has very small chip on bowl rim and lip rim