18th century Vienna porcelain cup. Allegorical?

This super Vienna cup came up in a mixed lot at auction today. It is finely hand painted en grisaille with a young woman dressed in black
dropping flowers onto a heap of petals. It is captioned Sacrifice Amicale which I think means friendly sacrifice.

I wonder if this is allegorical in some way. I can’t find other references to it.

The cup is impressed Io8 and 47. I’ve only seen the Io8 on mid 18th c Vienna pieces before.

Any thoughts on the meaning of the decoration?

 

The hollyhock is supposed to symbolize the cycle of life, according to the internet. (These by Marìa Fortuny.)

Debora

 

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Could be any dark color for all we know. The borders of the hems look black. I don't want us to get stuck on the idea of some kind of mourning piece because the figure is in black & dropping flowers (into a body of water?)

The leaves of the hollyhock & those of the plant on the cup are very different from one another. Wish I had the botanical knowledge to ID the plant because it is probably important to the meaning. It's symbolism may tell us whether it is a mourning image or not.

 

Without creative license.

Debora

 

I am friendly with one of the Antiques Roadshow presenters on Twitter and he is very good on allegories. I asked him about this and this was his response.