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A POLYCHOME LOBED RIM CUP AND SAUCER
Qing dynasty, Yongzheng period
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. 3626
This scene is known in Europe as “The Bird Seller” but a more appropriate definition could be “The Tender Trap” (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, II, n. 349, regarding a cup and saucer with similar shape and comparable decoration).
A pair of similar cups and saucers are in the Groninger Museum (inv. 2015.0215 and 2015.0216).
