Lot n° 20
Estimation :
1500 - 2000
EUR
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Result
: 2 900EUR
Porcelain cup and stand with mythological decoration (The El - Lot 20
Porcelain cup and stand with mythological decoration (The Elements, Water). China. Period
Qianlong (1736-1795), ca. 1740
The cup and display stand decorated in the famille rose palette, depicting Galatea, a nereid, in a shell-shaped chariot pulled by dolphins and guided by a putto, accompanied by other putti, nymphs, tritons and a nude figure, perhaps.
Acis at the river's edge in the foreground, observing the scene.
Based on the Four Elements series by Francesco Albani (1578-1669), a tondi series now in the Galleria Sabauda in Turin, engraved by Antoine Hérisset (1685-1769) or Jean-Louis Delignon (1755-1804).
Diameter: 11.5 x 6.5 cm
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