Period:Qing dynasty Production date:1740-1760 (circa)
Materials:porcelain
Technique:glazed, painted,
Dimensions:Height: 13 centimetres Width: 19 centimetres
Description:
‘Famille rose’ teapot and cover decorated with cherubs blowing bubbles. The rounded teapot with straight spout is decorated both on the front and reverse with the same scene of two cherubs embracing and watching a third blowing soap bubbles over a pyramid, in a landscape with a large slab of stone to the right. Underneath this scene are a mask, bagpipes, a crown and a sceptre. The scene is repeated on the cover without the cherubs. The border around both neck and cover consists of scrollwork and suns with human faces.
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![图片[1]-teapot BM-1963-0422.5.a-b-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Qin dynasty/Ceramics/mid_00358898_001.jpg)
![图片[2]-teapot BM-1963-0422.5.a-b-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Qin dynasty/Ceramics/mid_00105983_001.jpg)
Comments:Harrison-Hall and Krahl 1994:The unusual scenes on this piece have not been satisfactorily explained. The three cherubs may represent Love, the bagpipes and mask seem to refer to the arts of Music and Drama. The scene was clearly copied from a specific European picture, and it has been suggested that it mayderive from engravings by Charles Nicolas Cochin (1715-90), the Younger (Hervouet and Bruneau, 1986, no. 13.99). This teapot is rare but relates closely to two saucers which are more finely painted with the same design, one in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Netherlands, the other in a private collection (Hervouet and Bruneau, 1986, nos. 13.99 and 13.100).
Materials:porcelain
Technique:glazed, painted,
Dimensions:Height: 13 centimetres Width: 19 centimetres
Description:
‘Famille rose’ teapot and cover decorated with cherubs blowing bubbles. The rounded teapot with straight spout is decorated both on the front and reverse with the same scene of two cherubs embracing and watching a third blowing soap bubbles over a pyramid, in a landscape with a large slab of stone to the right. Underneath this scene are a mask, bagpipes, a crown and a sceptre. The scene is repeated on the cover without the cherubs. The border around both neck and cover consists of scrollwork and suns with human faces.
IMG
Comments:Harrison-Hall and Krahl 1994:The unusual scenes on this piece have not been satisfactorily explained. The three cherubs may represent Love, the bagpipes and mask seem to refer to the arts of Music and Drama. The scene was clearly copied from a specific European picture, and it has been suggested that it mayderive from engravings by Charles Nicolas Cochin (1715-90), the Younger (Hervouet and Bruneau, 1986, no. 13.99). This teapot is rare but relates closely to two saucers which are more finely painted with the same design, one in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Netherlands, the other in a private collection (Hervouet and Bruneau, 1986, nos. 13.99 and 13.100).
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