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OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE | Property from the Collection of Henry H. Arnhold, sold to benefit The Arnhold Foundation
A PAIR OF CHINESE EXPORT IRON-RED AND GILT TWO-HANDLED ECUELLES AND COVERS, QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD
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August 12, 03:41 PM GMT
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2,000 - 3,000 USD
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OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE
Property from the Collection of Henry H. Arnhold, sold to benefit The Arnhold Foundation
A PAIR OF CHINESE EXPORT IRON-RED AND GILT TWO-HANDLED ECUELLES AND COVERS, QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD
each of cylindrical form supported on a slightly tapered foot, set with two spearhead shaped handles, the body painted with four chrysanthemum blooms, or mons, between two iron-red and gilt bands, the conical covers similarly decorated and surmounted by a spherical knop, incised Japanese Palace inventory number N=110-↑
width between handles 6¼ in.
15.9 cm
The Royal Collections of Saxony, Japanese Palace, Dresden
The Collection of Benjamin F. Edwards III, sold, Christie's New York, 22 January 2003, lot 184
Maureen Cassidy-Geiger, The Arnhold Collection of Meissen Porcelain, 1710-50, New York 2008, no. 369, p. 706, illus.
The 1779 inventory of the Japanese Palace lists ‘Twelve tureens with covers and handles, and painted red and gold roses…No. 110’ Cassidy-Geiger, 2008, p. 706. Six examples of these tureens, and two stands, are in the Porzellansammlung, Dresden (tureens: P.O. 6604-6607, 507, 509; stands: P.O. 6827, 6828).