A Chinese famille rose 'Procris and Cephales' cup and saucer, Qianlong

Dia.: 11,8 cm (the saucer)
Dia.: 7,9 cm - H.: 4 cm (the cup)

The scene shows Procis dying in the woods, hit by an arrow of Céphales, the scene being based on an illustration of S. Le Clerc for Les Métamorphoses d'Ovide en rondeaux by Isaac de Bensérade (1676) (see added image).

Ref.: 
- Hervouët, La porcelaine des compagnies des Indes, Pl. 13.70, p. 309.

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