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A FAMILLE-ROSE HEXAGONAL CUP JIAQING SEAL MARK AND PERIOD
Estimate
20,000 - 25,000 USD
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Description
- porcelain
painted with a continuous scene of five officials gathered together in a fenced landscape among trees, flowers and rockwork, with an attendant pushing a cart of gold, the interior delicately painted with a central day lily flower surrounded by sprays of lotus, chrysanthemum, peony and other flowers beneath a gilt rim, seal mark in iron red
Provenance
Auty Collection, Bristol.
S. Marchant & Son, London, 2010.
S. Marchant & Son, London, 2010.
Exhibited
S. Marchant & Son, Recent Acquisitions, London, 2010, Catalogue, no. 49.
Condition
There is a 1/2 in. (1.2 cm) hairline crack to 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.
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 cup with similar decoration and size, but rounded rather than hexagonal, is in the British Museum collection and illustrated in Soame Jenyns, Later Chinese Porcelain: The Ch'ing Dynasty (1644 - 1911), London, 1971, no. 1, pl. CX1.