Lot 1125
  • 1125

UNUSUAL CHINESE EXPORT BLUE AND WHITE 'PORCELAIN PRODUCTION' SOUP TUREEN STAND LATE 18TH CENTURY

Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 USD
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Description

  • ceramics
  • length 14 3/4 in.
  • 37.5 cm
painted with a view of a porcelain workshop showing different stages of making and decorating, with figures transporting wares to a distant kiln.

Condition

1/4 inch diameter brown firing flaw on front below the left hand pavilion - visible in the catalogue photo. Otherwise in good condition.
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Catalogue Note

Similar porcelain production scenes appear more usually in sets of watercolors made for the export market, and, more rarely on large-scale famille-rose wares such as jars and fishbowls. A small platter presumably from the same service as the present piece, was in the Collection of Benjamin F. Edwards, sold at Christie's, New York, January 20, 2004, lot 37.