Round box with flowering plans, flower sprays and an erotic scene, Cover of round box of soft-paste porcelain (pate tendre), painted in underglaze blue. On the flat lid a flowering plant (prunus), two birds and an insect near a rock in a double circle. On the underside of the lid an erotic scene of two naked lovers on a bed, the lady with bound feet. Blue-white., anonymous, China, c. 1720 - c. 1740, Qing-dynasty (1644-1912) / Kangxi-period (1662-1722) / Yongzheng-period (1723-1735) / Qianlong-period (1736-1795), porcelain (material), soft-paste porcelain, glaze, cobalt (mineral), vitrification


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Photo credit: © Gibon Art / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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