1550 Antique Chinese Porcelain Blue and white Anhua Bowl with Pastoral Redecoration
Description:
1550 Antique Chinese Porcelain Blue and white Anhua Bowl with Redecoration
Diameter: 145mm approx
Period:1730-1740
Code: 240Provenance:
– Onder de Boompjes Veiling 15 – 17 september 2025
Reference:
Espir, Helen. European Decoration on Oriental Porcelain, 1700–1830. London/Lisbon: Jorge Welsh Books, 2005.Interestingly this is Identical to 1549 but one difference. Here the man offers the lady an egg and there is no cloaked 3rd person.
In 18th-century visual language, this is symbolic:
Pipe smoking and drinking man – the male folly
Man playing cello: The good male
Lady tossing letters?
- Man and lady together with the man offering an egg
Together they form a genre scene — a genre scene of warning and potential love and t
During the 18th century, under the influence of Rococo art, “pastoral love” became a fashionable theme in painting and decorative arts.
Additional Information
| Type | |
|---|---|
| Region of origin | China |
| China dynasty period | Qing (1661 – 1912) |
| Decoration type colour | Amsterdam Bont |
| Century | 18th century |
| Size | 14cm-17cm |
| Emperor | Yongzheng (1722-1735) |