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Chinese export porcelain model of a man with a cart, decorated in under-glaze cobalt blue (qinghua), Qianlong reign.

Stock Number: 3878

Rare Chinese export porcelain model of a man with a cart, decorated in under-glaze cobalt blue (qinghua), c. 1740, Qianlong reign, Qing dynasty, h. 16 cm, 6 in. 7.9182

Literature:

• The Nanking Cargo, sold at Christie’s Amsterdam in 1986, lots 5743 to 5746, for similar figures;

• The Geldermalsen [sunk in 1752], History and Porcelain, by C. Jörg, Groningen 1986, pp. 100/101 for similar figures;

Oriental Ceramics at the Cape of Good Hope, 1652-1795, by C.S. Woodward, Cape Town 1974, p. 47, cat. 71 for a figure of this type recovered from the wreck of Middelburg sunk in 1780;

• The Hatcher Porcelain Cargoes, The Complete Record (1643/46-1752), by C. Sheaf and R. Kilburn, Oxford 1988, p. 157, fig. 206 for a a group of similar figures from the 1752 wreck;

Chinese and Japanese Works of Art in the Collection of Her Majesty the Queen, by J. Ayers, 2016 London, vol. 1, pp. 90/91 for a standing lady 17,9 cm high, two standing women with infants 15,3 cm high, and two seated women holding infants 14 cm high dated first half of the 18th century;

The Cà Mao Shipwreck [c. 1725] Porcelain from the Collection of Dr Zelnik, cover with a pair of standing figures: she holding a fan and decorated in under-glaze cobalt blue and he decorated in under-glaze pale green.

稀有的中國外銷瓷青花男士推車模型,約1740年,清乾隆,高16厘米,6英寸。

參考文獻:

• 《南京貨運》,1986年佳士得阿姆斯特丹拍賣行拍出,參見編號5743至5746一系列近器;

• 《哥德馬爾森號商船[沉於1752年]、歷史與瓷器》,作者C. Jörg,1986年格羅寧根出版,參見第100/101頁一近數;

• 《1652-1795年好望角東方陶瓷》,作者C.S. Woodward,1974年開普敦出版,參見第47頁編號71出自1780年沉沒的米德爾堡號的一組71件人物模型;

• 《哈察號瓷器貨物全記錄(1643/46-1752)》,作者C. Sheaf及R. Kilburn,1988年牛津出版,參見第157頁圖206一組出自1752年沉船的相似人物模型;

•《女王陛下之中國與日本藝術收藏》,作者J. Ayers,2016年倫敦出版,參見卷一,第90/91頁一個站立仕女像(高17.9厘米)、兩個手抱嬰孩的站立仕女像(高15.3厘米),以及兩個手抱嬰孩的端坐仕女像(高14厘米),年代為18世紀上半葉;
• 參見《Zelnik博士的金瓯海難[約1725年]瓷器收藏》,一對站立人物塑像:青花仕女執扇,淺綠釉下彩男士。