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Chinese export porcelain “piggy-back” group decorated in enamels from the famille rose (fencai) palette, Qianlong.

Stock Number: 4447

Amusing Chinese export porcelain “piggy-back” group of a lady and child decorated in rich opaque enamels from the famille rose (fencai) palette, c. 1760, Qianlong reign, Qing dynasty, h. 21,5 cm; 8 in. 7.133328

Provenance: Collection Ambassador Armando Patrício, Lisbon, Portugal.

Literature:

• Later Chinese Porcelain, by S. Jenyns, plate CIII for a similar group decorated in opaque enamels;

La Ceramique Chinoise sous les Ts’ing, by J.P. van Goidsenhoven, Brussels 1936, plate 92, cat. 212 for a similar group decorated in opaque enamels but with different base;

Från Kina till Europa, by J. Wirgin, 1998 Stockholm, p. 201, cat. 218 for a similar figure in opaque enamels.

中國外銷瓷粉彩馱負像,器型討喜可人,像中仕女和嬰孩皆施以鮮艷釉色,約1760年,清乾隆,高21.5釐米,8英吋。

藏品來源:葡萄牙里斯本Armando Patrício外交官舊藏。

參考文獻:

•《後期中國瓷器》,作者S. Jenyns,見圖版128一件相似塑像;

•《清代中國陶瓷》,作者J.P. van Goidsenhoven,1936年布魯塞爾出版,見圖版92,編號212一件相似但底座不同的塑像;

•《從中國到歐洲》,作者J. Wirgin,1998年斯德哥爾摩出版,見第201頁,編號218一件形似塑像。