Property from a Distinguished American Collection
A CHINESE EXPORT OVAL LEMON BASKET AND STAND, QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD, 1765-75 | 清乾隆 1765-75年 粉彩邁森風格果籃
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January 26, 08:38 PM GMT
Estimate
1,000 - 1,500 USD
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A CHINESE EXPORT OVAL LEMON BASKET AND STAND
QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD, 1765-75
清乾隆 1765-75年 粉彩邁森風格果籃
the pierced basket decorated with floral spirigs on the interior below a spearhead border, the exterior similarly decorated, the stand modeled as a gnarled tree trunk and with applied flowers, two putti clambering and encircling their arms around an iron-red scarf draped over the upper part of the trunk
height 14⅞in.; 37.8 cm
Christie's New York, December 12, 1980, lot 213
Collection of Mildred and Rafi Mottahedeh
Sotheby's New York, January 30, 1985, lot 322
H. Moog, Atlanta
Directly copying a Meissen model produced around 1740, the form was meant to be a table centerpiece set above an oval tray and surrounded by other smaller condiment pots to hold spice and oil, as illustrated in Bredo L. Grandjean, Dansk Ostindisk Porcelæn, Copenhagen, 1965, fig. 56, cat. no. 40. Another example is illustrated in David Howard and John Ayers, China for the West, vol. II, London, 1978, p. 566, along with a Meissen example.