REFRESHMENT BUCKET DEPICTING THE JUDGEMENT OF PÂRIS in porcelain, polychrome enamels of the famille rose and highlights of gilding, the wall representing Pâris dressed in a pink drapery, offering a golden apple to Venus standing next to Juno and Minerva, with Cupid seated at their feet, the border decorated with gilded scrolls, the shoulder flanked by lion masks forming grips, the base left in bisque. With its pewter interior. (Wear, cracks and accidents). China, Compagnie des Inde, 18th century. A "FAMILLE-ROSE" STYLE PORTABLE COOLER, CHINA, EAST INDIA COMPANY, 18TH CENTURY. HEIGHT. 16,5 CM (6 1/2 IN.) - DIAM. 21 CM (8 1/4 IN.) NOTE This scene represents the origin of the Trojan War, the Judgement of Paris. The goddesses Hera, Aphrodite and Athena were obsessed with which of them was the most beautiful. Paris, a prince of Troy, son of Priam and the most handsome man in the world, passed judgement by offering the most beautiful of them the apple of discord inscribed "kallisti" (for the most beautiful). This episode from the Iliad has been depicted many times in the history of art. The source of this decoration has traditionally been attributed to an engraving based on a painting by Rubens (now in the National Gallery). It has also been suggested that the decoration was inspired by an engraving by Marcantonio Raimondi, circa 1510-1520, after Raphael. Various versions of this decoration executed on Chinese porcelain intended for export are known, with differences in the colours, the arrangement of the scene and the numerous borders, including views of Plymouth.