A Chinese famille rose semi-erotic 'milkmaid' pattipan or teapot stand, Qianlong, ca. 1740

Dia.: 13,5 cm

Enamelled with a scene from Les Fables de la Fontaine (La Laitière et le pot au lait), a maiden dressed in a pink and white dress balancing a pail on her head as she climbs over a wooden fence, in the distance the facade of a small town.

See also F. & N. Hervouet, La Porcelaine des Compagnies des Indes à décor occidental, Flammarion, 1986, p. 200. 

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