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A ‘FAMILLE ROSE’ CUP AND SAUCER
Qing dynasty, Yongzheng period
the cup 3,8 cm high, the saucer 11,5 cm diam
Provenance: Naples, Villa della Floridiana, Museo Duca di Martina, Placido de Sangro (1829-1891) collection.
inv. n. 3629.
A similar cup with saucer, Yongzheng mark and period, is in Palazzo Pitti, Florence (F. Morena, Dalle Indie orientali alla corte di Toscana. Collezioni di arte cinese e giapponese a Palazzo Pitti, Florence 2005, pp. 386-387,n. 379, pl. LX); see also the bottle with comparable decoration belonged to Augustus the Strong (1670-1733), now in the Porzellansammlung in Dresden (F. Reichel, Die Porzellansammlung August des Starken. Porzellan Kunst aus China. Die Rose Familie, exhibition catalogue, Dresden 1993, pp. 28-29, n. 4).
