An Extremely Rare and Possibly Unique Chinese Export Famille-Rose 'Flagellation' Punch Bowl Qing Dynasty, Qianlong Period, Circa 1750 | 清乾隆 約1750年 粉彩人物故事圖大盌
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An Extremely Rare and Possibly Unique Chinese Export Famille-Rose 'Flagellation' Punch Bowl Qing Dynasty, Qianlong Period, Circa 1750
清乾隆 約1750年 粉彩人物故事圖大盌
decorated in the front with a central scene of two women restraining a nearly naked man while one central figure with her arms raised weilding a switch made of branches preparing to strike, and another holding further switches in her hand, a fifth figure observing through the ajar door
diameter 11 1/8 in.; 28.3 cm
Sotheby's London, 20 March 1979, lot 129
The Collection of Khalil Rizk
Sotheby's New York, 25 April 2008, lot 157
The Collection of Khalil Rizk
Sotheby's New York, 25 April 2008, lot 157
The present example is the sole example published with this extremely rare flagellation scene, undoubtedly after a European print that is yet to be discovered.
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