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A CHINESE EXPORT COFFEE POT AND COVER circa 1785
Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 USD
bidding is closed
Description
- height 9 3/16 in.
- 23.4 cm
painted on either side within a gilt roundel with a young lady emerging from a kitchen door and bringing a bowl to another lady holding a distaff and seated on a bench before a wheat field, the front with a 'Mandarin palette' floral spray, the fluted spout and scroll handle with gilt scroll devices, the cover with three floral sprigs around the gilt peach-sprig knop, and the rim of each piece with an iron-red and gilt zigzag band entwined with a floral garland. Hair crack and the spout chipped.
Provenance
Philip Suval, Inc., New York, October 15, 1984
Exhibited
San Francisco, Fall Antiques Show, 1995
Condition
Gilding on both pot and cover quite worn; spout with two shallow almost contiguous 3/16" chips on the front, rim with a 2" haircrack in the center of one side; cover ok.
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 with this decoration is illustrated by Howard and Ayers, Vol. II, p. 375, no. 369a, who note that the original watercolor for this subject was in the collection of the 6th Earl of Rosebery, sold by Sotheby's at Mentmore, Buckinghamshire, on May 25, 1977, lot 2621. A helmet-shaped milk jug with this subject is illustrated by Hervouët and Bruneau, p. 95, no. 4.45; and a coffee cup and saucer are illustrated by Veiga, p. 182, pl. 155. An 18-piece part tea and coffee service in this pattern, which included a coffee pot differing only in its wishbone-shaped handle, was sold at Sotheby's in Monte Carlo on June 23, 1986, lot 1116.