Lot 163
  • 163

A RARE CHINESE EXPORT FAMILLE-ROSE PUNCH BOWL, QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD, CIRCA 1765 |

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
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Description

  • diameter 16 in.; 40.6 cm
boldly painted around the exterior with a fenced garden issuing peonies, the center with a gilt handled tripod censer decorated with a lion mask, flanked by two further vessels on either side all supported by blue rockwork, the interior painted with further peony sprays beneath a gilt and iron-red scale border interspersed with ruyi-heads

Provenance

Acquired in New York 1940-50s, thence by descent 

Condition

In overall good condition except for 1 minuscule shallow flake chip to the edge of the rim measuring approx. 1/8 in., with minor firing imperfections and minor wear to the surface consistent with age and type.
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Catalogue Note

A larger similarly decorated example is illustrated in David Sanctuary Howard, New York and the China Trade, New Jersey, 1984, cat. no. A15, from the collection of the Albany Institute of History and Art, and previously in the collection of Mr. John V.L. Pruyn of Albany. This example was known as the Regents Punchbowl, after the Board of Regents of New York where Mr. Pruyn was chancellor and where it was used to serve punch. Howard suggests that this particular type of decoration was popular in Europe in 1760s, and specifically ordered in China possibly through a merchant in New York. Another example of this large size and decoration, was sold in these rooms, October 28-29, 2004, lot 201, from the collection of Mr. and Mrs. Walter M. Jeffords.