Lot 163
  • 163

A CHINESE EXPORT ARMORIAL TUREEN AND COVER AND THREE SAULT CELLARSCHINA, QING DYNASTY, CA. 1780-1790 |

Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 EUR
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Description

  • Diam. 24 cm, 9 1/2  in. (dish); 33 cm, 13  in. (tureen); 9 cm, 3 1/2  in. (salt cellars)
with the coat-of-arms of Robertson Stewart; together with a Chinese Export Famille-Rose dish with the coat-of-arms of Robertson & Stewart, China, Qing Dynasty, ca. 1780-1790

Provenance

Dubey's Art & Antiques, Baltimore, 1984.

Literature

David Sanctuary Howard, Chinese Armorial Porcelain, Volume I, 1970, p. 856.
David Sanctuary Howard, Chinese Armorial Porcelain, Volume II, 1970, p. 574, ill.

Condition

All with wear to the gilding and to the enamels. Tureen : the bottom part has been broken of and restored. The cover is in good condition. Dish : There are light cracks on the glaze, light fritting and hairlines. One sault cellar has been broken off and restored.
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