A ‘FAMILLE ROSE’ AND GILT CUPS AND SAUCERS

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A ‘FAMILLE ROSE’ AND GILT CUPS AND SAUCERS
Qing dynasty, Qianlong period, mid 18th century
the cup 3,5 cm high, the saucer 11 cm diam
Provenance: Naples, Villa della Floridiana, Museo Duca di Martina, Placido de Sangro (1829-1891) collection.
inv. n. 3245, 3647.

For a comparable cup and saucer, see D. Howard – J. Ayers, China for the West. Chinese Porcelain and other Decorative Arts for Export illustrated from the Mottahedeh Collection, 2 voll., London – New York 1978, I, n. 151; a similar ensemble is in the Victoria & Albert Museum in London (inv. C.1078&A-1917); see also the example in the British Museum (inv. Franks.704.+); the comparable piece in the Hodroff Collection (D.S. Howard, The Choice of the Private Trader, the Private Market. Chinese Export Porcelain illustrated from the Hodroff Collection, London 1994, p. 175, n. 197) and the items in the Princesshof Museum, Leeuwarde (inv. n. QNO 00692).