A 'famille-rose' erotic-subject scholars' blotter. Qing dynasty

A 'famille-rose' erotic-subject scholars' blotter. Qing dynasty

the upper section modelled with a man and a woman in a loving embrace, each wearing brightly enamelled floral jackets, the rounded base with ducks amongst lotus. 9cm., 3 1/8 in. Est. 3,000—5,000 GBP. Lot Sold 3,750 GBP

NOTE: Compare a famille-rose erotic group sold in our Amsterdam rooms, 25th October 1994, lot 428; and a box with a cover surmounted with a reclining woman feeding a young boy, in the James E. Sowell collection, illustrated in Michael Cohen and William Motley, Mandarin and Menagerie. Chinese and Japanese Export Ceramic Figures, vol. 1, Surrey, 2008, p. 122.

Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art. 13 May 09. London www.sothebys.com