Lot 1563
  • 1563

AN ASSEMBLED CHINESE EXPORT BLUE AND WHITE PART DINNER SERVICE, QING DYNASTY, EARLY 19TH CENTURY |

Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 USD
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Description

  • width of salad bowl 9 in.; 22.9 cm
each painted with a riverscape with buildings atop mountains, comprising: three oval vegetable dishes and covers, a rectangular vegetable dish and cover, two rectangular sauce tureens with rabbit head handles and covers, a square salad bowl, a circular scalloped-rim dish, a reticulated stand, two circular serving dishes, two rectangular serving dishes, two chamfered rectangular small platters, a sauce boat, a plate, a small footed plate, a coffee pot and cover, a cider jug and cover, two small jugs, three coffee cups, one teabowl, five saucers and one small oval sauce tureen cover. Together with a group of variously decorated blue and white wares, comprising: a large 'Fitzhugh' pattern platter, a 'Fitzhugh' pattern helmet-shaped cream jug, a 'Fitzhugh' pattern reticulated stand, a large bowl, a soup plate painted with floral motifs, a square-form baluster vase and cover and a Japanese small scalloped-rim plate. 48 pieces.

Provenance

Sotheby's New York, December 4, 2003, lot 121

Condition

All pieces in good condition with characteristic firing imperfections include fritting, and with minor wear and surface accretions except: One coffee cup with a chip to the rim and a hairline, two with a hairline, the teabowl with a hairline and a firing line, two saucer with a short hairline, three saucer with multiple hairlines, coffee pot with a hairline extending from rim, the cover with fritting and chips, one small jug with fritting at the edges of the handle and small glaze flake at the spout, two oval vegetable dish covers with a chip, one small rectangular sauce tureen with two small chips and its cover with a small chip to the inside lip, and the other cover with a chip to the underside rim, the small sauce boat with a firing line at the lower terminal of the handle, the large bowl with a stained hairline extending from rim, one soup plate broken into two pieces and glued back, the square form vase with a section out at the rim and shoulder and glued back and chips at the edges, and the cover with frits to the corners and tip of finial, one rectangular serving dish with a chip to the rim, one rectangular platter with a small glaze flake at the rim,
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.