Punch Bowl, Qianlong period, circa 1745. Photo courtesy Cohen & Cohen.
An extremely rare Chinese export porcelain famille rose punchbowl, the three outer panels and the interior having mythological scenes taken from Ovid’s Metamorphoses (1732 edn) after prints by B Picart and P Gunst. Diameter: 15 inches; 38cm.
Provenance: ex-Mottahedeh Collection, illustrated in Howard & Ayers, 1978, China for the West
Cohen & Cohen (stand 246) at TEFAF 2014. 14-23 march 2014 - http://www.tefaf.com/