A CHINESE PORCELAIN TEA BOWL AND SAUCER Qianlong period, th...

Hammer

£420

A CHINESE PORCELAIN TEA BOWL AND SAUCER

Qianlong period, the cup exterior with two quatrefoil panels of figures, buildings and boats, reserved against a sea green ground, the interior with a floral spray and gilt scroll border, the conforming saucer painted with a large quatrefoil panel of figures around a harbour, enclosed by an elaborate design of plants, objects and figures, with a gilt scroll border, the exteriors of both enamelled in sea green, the cup 4cm high, the saucer 11.4cm diameter

Provenance: Purchased from Roger Keverne Ltd. London 13th June 2006, formerly in the collection of Robert & Gertrude Anderson, Florida.

The collection of the late Anthony du Boulay FSA (1929- 2022).

Note: The finely painted harbour scenes on this cup and saucer are taken directly from Meissen porcelain in the style of Christian Friedrich Herold. See a set dated c.1730-1735 illustrated in Chen, Emerson & Gates, Porcelain Stories from China to Europe, 2000, p.111, pl.9.7. A Chinese tureen with this design is illustrated in Beurdeley, M., Porcelain of the East India Companies, 1962, p.196, no.197. The turquoise ground is very rare. For a Chinese tea caddy with floral panels in this colour see Jorg, C., Chinese Ceramics in the Collection of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam: The Ming and Qing Dynasties, 1997, pp.271-2, no.316.