COMPAGNIE DES INDES, dynastie Qing, règne de Qianlong (1736-1795), fin du XVIIIème siècle Porcelain circular box decorated with cartouches of stylized foliage treated in red monochrome and gallant scenes treated in grisaille and sanguine, in the European taste. That of the lid representing a woman making her toilet, a man pouring water in a tub, on a terrace. Gilded metal moulding. H. 3.5 cm - Diameter : 7 cm. Wear to the decoration. The scene on the lid is inspired by an engraving of Claude Duflos père or Lemesle. [cf. plate with the same scene, made around 1745-1750, preserved in the Musée de la Compagnie des Indes, in Lorient, Inv. ML 403 C 252].