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A CHINESE EXPORT COFFEE CUP AND SAUCER circa 1785
Estimate
1,200 - 1,800 USD
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Description
- height 2 5/8 in.; diameter 5 7/16 in.
- 6.6 cm and 13.8 cm
each painted within a gilt oval or roundel with a maiden holding a white cloth over the head of a youth slumbering in a glade with a wheat field and granary beyond, the rim with a purple French ribbon looped and entwined with branches of pink roses, and the ridged loop handle with a gilt scroll device. Some wear to the gilt rim edges
Provenance
The collection of the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, Williamsburg, Virginia, sold, Sotheby's, New York, January 24, 1990, lot 357
Literature
(the saucer) François and Nicole Hervouët and Yves Bruneau, La Porcelaine des Compagnie des Indes a Décor Occidental, p. 159, no. 7.48
(the saucer) David Howard and John Ayers, China for the West, Vol. II, p. 375, no. 369b
Condition
Both with wear to gilding on rim edge, cup with 1 inch haircrack to side of handle (interior speckled on that side).
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.
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.
Catalogue Note
A saucer decorated with this subject but in an extended landscape and within a different border is illustrated by Hervouët and Bruneau, p. 159, no. 7.48. A pair of saucers identically decorated to the present cup and saucer was sold at Christie's in New York on January 24, 1997, lot 102.