The Kindig Collection: Important American Furniture, Paintings, Silver & Decorative Arts
The Kindig Collection: Important American Furniture, Paintings, Silver & Decorative Arts
Chinese Export Famille-Rose 'Hunting' Subject Punch Bowl Qing Dynasty, Jiaqing Period, 1800-1810
Auction Closed
January 22, 09:24 PM GMT
Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Chinese Export Famille-Rose 'Hunting' Subject Punch Bowl
Qing Dynasty, Jiaqing Period, 1800-1810
the deep rounded sides rising from a short straight foot, brightly enamelled around the exterior with a continuous hunting scenes, the interior with a further hunting scene with four riders and numerous hounds, all beneath a gilt-decorated diaper border
Diameter 14 3/8 in.; 36.5 cm
An identical example is illustrated in François and Nicole Hervouët and Yves Bruneau, La Porcelaine des Compagnies des Indes, Paris, 1986, cat. no. 3.32, p. 77, where the authors reference another example currently in the collection of the Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library, acc. no. 1975.0041. A slightly larger, but otherwise nearly identical example, was sold at Christie's New York, January 24th, 1992, lot 60. Another almost identical example, but with slight differences at the interior rim border, sold in these rooms, January 21st, 2000, lot 173.
Hunting scenes are a well-known and popular subject depicted in Chinese export punch bowls. Most scholars attribute hunting scenes to a set of four engravings after James Seymour (1705-52), titled 'Going out in the Morning', 'Brushing into Cover', 'In Full Chase' and 'The Death'. The present example, however, does not appear to be decorated after the aforementioned prints, and the decoration is most likely taken from another source.