€1,400
A Chinese famille rose 'Les Plaisirs du Printemps' cup and saucer, Qianlong
Dia.: 13,5 cm (the saucer)
Dia.: 8,8 cm - H.: 4,9 cm (the cup)
The design portrays a charming scene of twofigures engaged in conversation while reclining beneath a tree. Above them, a putto hovers. Thefigures are surrounded by their dogs and a group of goats, all set in a landscape.After the engraving "Les plaisirs du Printemps" by Jean-Michel Moreau le Jeune, published in thework "Choix de Chansons mises en Musique"Paris, 1773. (see scan)
Ref.:
-'China for the West', Volume II, by David Howard and John Ayers, p.375, no. 369c, for an identical example of the saucer.
- The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, USA,registration no. 67-42/2, for the engraving "Les plaisirs du Printemps" by Jean-Michel Moreau le Jeune. (link)
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