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Chinese export porcelain tea canister and cover with the arms of GRICE, Yongzheng.

Stock Number: 3908

Chinese export porcelain tea canister and cover with the arms of those of GRICE, body entirely covered in a grisaille and iron-red mosaic and stylised peony heads, bands of gilt scrolls, c. 1730, Yongzheng reign, Qing dynasty, h. 10 cm, 4 in. 5.8119

Provenance: The Hodroff Collection, sold at Christie’s New York.

Illustrated:

• 100 Years of Chinese Export Porcelain, by A. Varela Santos, 2014/2015, cat. 115 as Harper;

Chinese Armorial Porcelain, by D.S. Howard, 944 as Harper;

The Choice of the Private Trader, by D.S. Howard, Minneapolis 1994, p. 163, cat. 179 where the arms are attributed to the family GRICE after being found pieces with the full arms.

中國外銷瓷Grice家族族徽紋帶蓋茶罐, 器身滿繪鉛灰色與鐵紅色馬賽克和規整的牡丹團花, 肩、足部寬帶處繪有描金纏枝紋, 約1730年, 清雍正, 高10 釐米, 4 英吋。

藏品來源:Hodroff收藏,在紐約佳士得成交。

圖示:

•《百年中国外销瓷》,作者阿.瓦瑞拉.桑托斯, 見2014-2015圖錄, 編號115;

•《中國徽記瓷器》, 作者 D.S. Howard, 參見第944頁,此徽章被認作為Harper家族徽章;

•《私人貿易者的選擇》,作者D.S. Howard,1994年明尼阿波利斯出版,見第163頁,編號179, 通過找到繪有完整圖案的器物,此徽章被更正為Grice家族徽章。