AN EXTREMELY RARE CHINESE EXPORT ARMORIAL TUREEN AND COVER , QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD, 1750-60 |

supported on four scroll feet, the body molded with foliate-shaped panels in the center decorated with a continental, probably Dutch, coat of arms and floral springs throughout with elaborate handles on both sides, the cover similarly decorated and surmounted by a scroll finial

Collection of Mrs. Alan L. Corey
Sotheby's New York, December 6, 1974, lot 261

The tureen overall with frits and chips, especially to the edges of the flanges and feet, one flange on the handle off and restored back on. The base of the tureen with a diagonal firing line across extending half way up the side. The cover with two restored chips, one with an associated triangular area of overpainting to the right of one armorial, the fringe of the knop with a section restored, possibly made up, and a frit to the tip of the scroll and wear to gilding. Overall with firing imperfections and wear to the surface.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.

Probably following a silver form and later produced in multiple European factories, most notably at Höchst by Ignatz Hess, examples of similar form have been documented in under-glaze blue, famille-rose, and sometimes en camaieu. Examples decorated only with floral motifs are illustrated in David Howard and John Ayers, China for the West, Vol. II, London, 1978, cat. no. 571, and Michel Beurdeley, Porcelain of the East India Companies, London, 1962, fig. 19. Examples with arms are illustrated in Bredo L. Grandjean, Dansk Ostindisk Porcelæn, Copenhagen, 1965, fig. 88, cat. no. 72, and an example for the Danish market, complete with stand, and with the arms of von Holstein and Ahlefeldt was sold in these rooms, January 23, 1992, lot 464. An example with the arms of the Dutch family van Hardenbroek is illustrated in Jochem Kroes, Chinese Armorial Porcelain for the Dutch Market, Zwolle, 2007, cat. no. 379a.