A 'DEHUA' WINEPOT 17TH / EARLY 18TH CENTURY

of globular form set to one side with a small, curved spout and raised on three bracket feet, the six faceted sides molded in high relief with shaped oval panels depicting scenes of scholars and attendants in various landscapes, surmounted by an upright handle, the hexagonal cover topped with a crouching lion-form finial (2)

Collection of P.J. Donnelly (d. 1978).

Courts and Colonies: The William and Mary Style in Holland, England, and America, Cooper-Hewitt Museum, New York, 1988, cat. no. 205.
Blanc de Chine: Divine Images in Porcelain, China Institute Gallery, New York, 2002, cat. no. 20.

The cover has a shallow 1cm chip to the upper surface at one corner and a shallow 9 mm chip to the underside of the cover. The lion knop has a tiny chip to the tip of the tail. The pot has a very shallow chip to the tip of the spout. There is a firing crack across the handle mid-way across the loop.
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A closely related example is illustrated in P.J. Donnelly, Blanc de Chine, London, 1969, pl. 60A where the author states that a similar example in the collection of Queen Mary II, now at Hampton Court, was acquired prior to 1694, and that another was formerly in the collection of Augustus the Strong, now in the Dresden Porcelain Collection, no. 1, ibid. p. 121. An example with European gilt metal mounts was sold in these rooms 18th July 1980, lot 399.