Unrecorded Chinese Export European Market ‘Allegory of Old Age’ Teapot

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Unrecorded Chinese Export European Market ‘Allegory of Old Age' Teapot ca. 1750; depicting a central en grisaille image with flesh tones and gilt highlights depicting three elderly people sitting in the courtyard of a house, one woman is spinning wool while another is sleeping, while the man is petting a dog, next to them another man stands, holding a walking stick, while on the right, a third man is being rejected while courting a young girl and decorated with en grisaille foliate and geometric motifs; the scene after an engraving by Nicolas de Larmessin III (French, 1684–1755) after a painting by Nicolas Lancret (French, 1690 - 1743); height with lid: 4 3/4 in.

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