A GRISAILLE EUROPEAN SUBJECT TEABOWL AND SAUCER

MID-18TH CENTURY

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A GRISAILLE EUROPEAN SUBJECT TEABOWL AND SAUCER
Mid-18th century
Painted with two Roman(?) soldiers leading away a downcast man who holds a gilt trumpet down at his side, the border of feathery scrollwork, all repeated on the teabowl with a stylized peony spray on the back (2)

Lot Essay

A saucer with this decoration is illustrated by Hervouet and Bruneau, op. cit., p. 264 who tentatively identify the subject as the arrest of Christ. The mournful sound of the horn is associated with tragedy, and the Bible does refer to Jesus rising in the sound of the trumpet (I Thes. 4:16)

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