A VERY FINE CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE ARMORIAL PORCELAIN OPENWORK...

Estimate

£300 - £400

A VERY FINE CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE ARMORIAL PORCELAIN OPENWORK STRAWBERRY BOWL AND COVER
LATE QIANLONG, CIRCA 1795
清乾隆 粉彩开光盖盒
约1795年
decorated on the exterior with an oval pink ground medallion bearing the arms of Peter van Hemert (1735-1810), mirrored by a portrait medallion of Minerva, beneath a green-ground band of linked spearheads, the body pierced with fretwork beneath a further green-ground gilt jewelled band, all between two double-rope twist handles with iron-red and gilt leaf terminals, the cover with similar bands beneath a moulded iron-red and gilt chrysanthemum flowerhead crown and bud-form finial
25.7cm handle to handle, 19cm high

PROVENANCE: From the collection of Dr Hardouin, Nantes, western France. Originally in the Hervouët Collection.

EXHIBITION: Published by Marchant in their 90th Anniversary Exhibition of Chinese Export Porcelain, 2015, no. 51, pp. 80/1.

NOTE: A round butter tub and cover from this service is illustrated by Bredo L. Grandjean in Dansk ostindisk Porcelæn, Fig. 79, p. 64; a plate from this service was sold by Sotheby’s London in their auction of Fine Chinese Export Porcelain, The Hervouët Collection, Part II, 3rd November 1997, lot 917.


Marchant: ‘Moving to Brook Street’
To be offered without reserve

迁址启新｜Marchant布鲁克街迁址专场拍卖 (悉数无底价)

More Information

Fine condition.