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Two European subject tankards Qing dynasty, Qianlong period, of…
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Melbourne
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11-Oct-2020
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Two European subject tankards Qing dynasty, Qianlong period, of slightly waisted form, comprising one painted in grisaille with figures sleeping beneath a tree; the other in famille rose enamels with a draped figure seated playing a lyre, 14.5 cm and 13.5 cm high, A dish decorated with the same subject as the first tankard and a teapot decorated with the same subject as the second tankard are illustrated by Thomas V. Litzenburg, Jr., Chinese Export Porcelain in the Reeves Centre Collection, Lexington, Virginia, no 179 p, 183 and no 191, p. 192, where the subject matter is discussed. Provenance: The Collection of the late Bjarne Nielsen
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Oriental: Ceramics - Chinese