This seldom European motif depicted on Chinese porcelain illustrates a courteous subject that stems from the literary theme “the Sleeping Beauty” well known at the end of the seventeenth century and the beginning of the eighteenth century. In a central panel, a man wearing a tricorn takes advantage of the slumber of a young woman to lift her veil and to gaze at her chest. In the same blue and pink hues, five rocaille garlands complete the decoration, most likely after a cartouche by Johann Esaias Nilson (1721-1788).
