M5646
£4,850
Description
Chinese porcelain famille rose export “Mandarin” pattern erotic punch bowl, painted with ladies seated on rock work in landscape scene with their attendants, beside a river landscape with a village in the background, the other side with standing figures and further seated figures beside buildings, dispersed between reserves of pink flower heads and gilt ground, the underside with a satyr in an erotic scene with a naked lady, with a daybed and curtains, with a winged cherub leaving the scene and a bird underneath observing the scene, the interior with a floral sprays, beneath a spearhead border.
10 ¼ inches, 25.9 cm diameter.
Qianlong, circa 1770.
Condition
Condition: One haircrack and some wear.
Provenance & Additional Information
- Formerly in the collection of George Withers, Somerset.
- An identical punch bowl was sold by Sotheby’s in their auction of Hyde Park Antiques: Past, Present and Future, Part II, 1st February 2023, lot 327.