Rare porcelain cup and saucer with European decoration. Chin - Lot 26

Rare porcelain cup and saucer with European decoration. China. Qianlong period (1736-1795), circa 1770 Provenance: Jorge Welsh, Lisbon Decorated in famille rose enamels, with an asymmetrical cartouche featuring a design based on the engraving Claude-Augustin-Pierre Duflos (1700-1786), L'Isle de Jouissance. The text of the print reads "La troup des Graces vous suit Et let tendre Amour voud conduit Happy couple of Lovers, with their assistance Vous trouverez bientôt l'isle de jouissance". The shape of the cup is based on a model from the Meissen factory. For a cup of the same model, see Jorge Veiga, Chinese Export Porcelain in Private Brazilian Collections,1989, p. 162; a cup with the same decoration was part of the collection of Ricardo do Espirito Santo Silva collection; for a dish with the same decoration from the A. Costa collection in Lisbon, see Hervouët & Bruneau, La Porcelaine des Compagnies des Indes à Décor Occidental, 1986, p. 161, no. 7.57. Dim. 14 cm x 6 cm