Property of a Lady
A RARE CHINESE EXPORT PART DESSERT SERVICE, QING DYNASTY, JIAQING PERIOD, CIRCA 1810 | 清嘉慶 約1810年 粉彩鏤空西洋圖案瓷十五件
Auction Closed
January 26, 08:38 PM GMT
Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 USD
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A RARE CHINESE EXPORT PART DESSERT SERVICE
QING DYNASTY, JIAQING PERIOD, CIRCA 1810
清嘉慶 約1810年 粉彩鏤空西洋圖案瓷十五件
each piece painted in the center with a central orange-ground roundel of various neo-classical motifs, the pierced rim encircled by two further neo-classical borders, comprising fourteen dessert plates and an oval platter. 15 pieces.
length of platter 12⅞ in.; 32.8 cm
This unusual service is painted in the center with various motifs taken from the Greek mythology, including birds at a fountain, a hippocampus, Pegasus, a caduceus, various urns, and a creature which appears to be half goat and half grasshopper. A hot water plate from this service, painted with an urn, from the private collection of Elinor Gordon, was sold in these rooms, January 23rd, 2010, lot 286. A further saucer, painted in the center with a sphinx, was sold as part of a lot at Christie's New York, March 5th-6th, 2013, lot 120, previously in the collection of the Springfield Museums.