塞弗尔“斑点红石”地纹中国风茶具套组
Sèvres Porphyry Ground Tea Service with Chinoiserie Scenes

约1794年
硬质瓷，带“中国风”人物画装饰
底款：塞弗尔制造局印记“Sevres RF”，画师款“L”（Louis-François Lécot，活跃于1763–65，1772–1802）；鎏金工款 Étienne-Gabriel Girard（活跃于1762–1805）

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套件组成：

一件茶壶（高 14.5 厘米）

一件糖罐（高 13.3 厘米）

一件奶壶（高 13.5 厘米）

六只带饰带纹高身杯（gobelets à bandeau）（高 7.8 厘米）

六只茶托（直径 15 厘米）

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此套茶具采用塞弗尔制造局所称的“à bandeau”器型，意为“带饰带的样式”，不仅杯体形制带有饰带，壶、罐等器型亦为一体成型设计。表面施以深红色的“斑点红石地纹（fond porphyre）”，为1790年代末塞弗尔流行的一种装饰样式。不同器件上的红釉密度略有差异，表面带有精致金彩“龟裂纹”效果。工厂销售记录中称此装饰为“Porphyre et rosettes étrusques”，1797年曾生产过类似套件，目前部分器物藏于波士顿美术馆与纽约大都会艺术博物馆。

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画师Louis-François Lécot是塞弗尔著名的“中国风”题材绘师，自1774年起便开始在瓷瓶与茶具上绘制富于想象的东方人物场景。在1774–77年间及法国大革命时期（本作所处年代）尤其流行。他所描绘的中国人物多以童趣笔调描绘日常活动，风格天真，色彩鲜明。

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工坊账册记载：共和历第3年雾月13日（即1794年10月4日），Lécot 曾完成一套包含六只带饰带茶杯、一只茶壶、一只奶壶和一只糖罐的茶具，注明为“chinois et fond r”（中国风人物与红色地纹）。本件即为账册所记中唯一留存的实例。

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出处：

Michele Beiny, Inc. 美国纽约

 

Circa 1794
Hard-paste porcelain
Marks: Factory mark “Sevres RF,” painter’s mark “L” for Louis-François Lécot (active 1763–65, 1772–1802), and gilder’s mark for Étienne-Gabriel Girard (active 1762–1805)

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Comprising:

One teapot (height: 14.5 cm)

One sugar bowl (height: 13.3 cm)

One milk jug (height: 13.5 cm)

Six “gobelets à bandeau” (height: 7.8 cm)

Six saucers (diameter: 15 cm)

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This rare tea service is modeled in the “à bandeau” form, referring to its continuous banded design, and features a distinctive dark red porphyry ground with fine gilt crazing. Variations in the intensity of the glaze and gilding reflect the hand-finished quality of each piece. This porphyry finish was fashionable in the 1790s, with related examples found at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

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Louis-François Lécot, a principal Sèvres painter of chinoiserie decoration, began applying whimsical Chinese figure scenes to vases and tea services around 1774. These decorative themes were especially popular during the years 1774–1777 and experienced a resurgence during the French Revolution, around the time this service was produced. The charming polychrome scenes are naïve and imaginative, showing Chinese figures engaged in various leisure activities.

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On 13 Vendémiaire, Year III of the French Republic (October 4, 1794), factory ledgers record Lécot painting a tea set of six “gobelets à bandeau,” a teapot, milk jug, and sugar bowl described as “chinois et fond r” (Chinese figures with red ground). This is the only known surviving example of that service.

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Provenance:

Michele Beiny, Inc. New York, USA.