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14 /i977 A cup and saucer Sèvres ca. 1761 Soft porcelain, rose-pink ground, decorated with blue,

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

gold and variegated colours. Assembled H:5.5, Diam: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 .

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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