Asian Art II - 13th November 2019
Lot 897
A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE EROTIC SUBJECT SAUCER DISH C.1740 Painted with a young monk grasping a...
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A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE EROTIC SUBJECT SAUCER DISH
C.1740
Painted with a young monk grasping a struggling maiden around the waist, with a dog beside an open book and a discarded rosary to the side, 20.2cm.
Cf. R Krahl and J Harrison-Hall, Ancient Chinese Trade Ceramics: Ming to Qing Porcelain in the British Museum, no.70.