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1 4 /1 9 7 7 E t p a r k o p p e r
S è v re s o m k r in g 1761
B lø d t p o rc e læ n , ro s a fo n d , d e k o r e r e t m e d b lå t,
g u ld o g b r o g e d e fa rv e r. S a m le t H :5 ,5 , D ia m : 9 ,5
D e k in e s is k e g e n re s c e n e r, s o m ses p å d e tte p a r
k o p p e r , a d s k ille r sig fra s tø r s te d e le n a f d e m m a n
e lle rs se r p å e u ro p æ is k p o rc e læ n fra d e n n e tid . D e
m in d e r h v e r k e n o m B o u c h e rs p ik a n te r ie r e lle r d e
s c e n e rie r, s o m m a n f in d e r p å d e t ca. 3 0 å r æ ld re
M e is s e n - p o r c e læ n . Fæ lles fo r d isse m e r e e lle r m in
d r e g r o te s k e c h in o is e rie r e r, a t d e e r e u ro p æ is k e
k u n s tn e r e s fa n ta s ie r o v e r d e t fje rn e o g e v e n ty rlig e
K in a . F o rlæ g g e t f o r m u s e e ts k o p p e r e r d e r im o d
u d e n tv iv l r e n t k in e s is k , h v a d e n te n d e så e r k o p ie r
e fte r C a n to n e m a lje r , p o rc e læ n e r, s ilk e - e lle r g la s
m a le rie r.
K o p p e r n e e r s å v id t v id e s d e e n e s te a f d e re s a rt,
m e n d e r fin d e s a n d re S é v re s p o rc e læ n e r m e d d e n
s a m m e ty p e g e n re m a le ri, b la n d t a n d e t e t k a m in
sæ t p å fe m o b je k te r, s o m h a r tilh ø r t M a d a m e d e
P o m p a d o u r . E n lille k v a d r a tis k b a k k e m e d s a m
m e s k æ lm ø n s te r, fa rv e o g sc e n e ri s o lg te s im id le r
tid i P a ris i 1938, o g d e n n e v a r f o r s y n e t m e d m a
le r m æ r k e f o r C h a rle s - N ic o la s D o d in s a m t å r s b o g
s ta v I f o r 1761. B a k k e n o g k o p p e r n e u d g ø r e fte r al
s a n d s y n lig h e d e n h e lh e d o g h a r d a n n e t e n
déjeuner
quarré,
a f h v ilk e n ty p e d e r k u n s o lg te s e e n fra fa
b r ik k e n m e d ro s a f o n d o g k in e s is k m o tiv . D e n
b le v s o lg t 2 5 /6 -1 7 6 2 , o g k ø b e r e n v a r M a d a m e d e
P o m p a d o u r .
14 /i977 A cup and saucer
Sèvres ca. 1761
Soft porcelain, rose-pink ground, decorated with blue,
gold and variegated colours.
Assembled H:5.5, Diam:9.5
The Chinese genre scenes on this cup and saucer differ
from the majority of those otherwise seen on European
porcelain of this period. They bear no resemblance to
either Boucher’s piquancies or to the scenes to be found
on Meissen porcelain about 30 years older. Common to
these more or less grotesque chinoiseries is that they
represent the fatasies of European artists about distant,
exotic China.
In the case of this cup and saucer, however, the motifs
are undoubtedly Chinese in origin, whether copies from
paintings on Canton enamels, porcelain, silk or glass.
As far as is known, this cup and saucer is the only one
of its kind, but other Sèvres porcelain is to befound with
the same type of genre painting, including a 5-piece
mantelshelfset that belonged to Madame de Pompadour.
However, a small square tray with the same scale pat
tern, colour and scenery was sold in Paris in 1938, and
this carried the painter’s mark denoting Charles-Nicolas
Dodin and the date-letter I for 1761. The tray and the
cup and saucer in all likelihood once belonged together
and formed a
d é je u n e r q u a rré
of which type only one
was soldfom thefactory with a rose-pink ground and a
Chinese motif. It was sold on 25th fune 1762, and the
buyer was Madame de Pompadour.
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