I.59
Family Life

Famille rose enamels on copper, with gold; with a flat lip, slightly concave foot, and flat foot rim; painted on each main side with a European subject in foliate panels made up of formalized floral scrolling, one of a lady and girl, the other a lady with a boy, the neck with a band of formalized floral scroll; the foot inscribed in regular script Qianlong nian zhi 乾隆年製 (‘Made in the Qianlong era’); the exterior exposed metal all gilt, the interior covered with white enamel
Stopper: gilt metal, chased with a formalized floral design; original
Imperial, Guangzhou, 1736–1795
Height (including original stopper in situ): 6.45 cm
Mouth/lip: 1.10/1.61 cm

Provenance:
Hakutsuru Museum (?)
Mr. Yokoi
Colonel Melville, 1949
Mrs. Ruth Noyes
Candler Collection
Sotheby’s, New York, 23 March 1998, lot 270