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Chinese export porcelain tureen after a Meissen form decorated in enamels from the famille rose (fencai) palette, Qianlong.

Stock Number: 4677

Very important and rare Chinese export porcelain soup tureen and cover with ribbed body and stand of monumental size after a Meissen form decorated in opaque enamels from the famille rose (fencai) palette with flowers and roosters, c. 1750, Qianlong reign, Qing dynasty, w. stand: 37,5 cm, 14¾ in; h. tureen: 34 cm, 13½ in. 4-15192

Illustrated: Yuan to Qing Ceramics, by A. Varela Santos, 2016/2017, cat. 78.

Literature:

• Chinese Export Porcelain in North America, by J.M. Mudge, New York 1986, p. 150, cat 226 for a similar tureen from the “Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities;

The Choice of the Private Trader, by D.S. Howard, Minneapolis 1994, p. 116, cat. 103 for a similar tureen without the stand; 

Exposição de porcelana da Companhia das Índias, Museu da Quinta das Cruzes, Funchal, Madeira, Setembro/Outubro 1960, cat. 123 for a similar tureen but with different decoration.

◆ This piece is a perfect form copy, except for the base of the handles, of a soup tureen manufactured by Meissen in 1735/45.

非常重要且罕見的中國外銷瓷粉彩雄雞花卉紋褶壁帶蓋湯盆及托盤,器型碩大,仿德國邁森瓷器,約1750年,清乾隆,托盤寬37.5釐米,14¾英吋;湯盆高34釐米,13½英吋。

圖例:《元代至清代陶瓷》,作者阿.瓦瑞拉.桑托斯,目录 78。

參考文獻:

•《北美中國外銷瓷器》,作者J.M. Mudge,紐約1986年,參見第150頁,編號226出自“新英格蘭古董 保護協會”的近似湯盆一件;

•《私人貿易者的選擇》,作者D.S. Howard,明尼阿波利斯1994年出版,參見第116頁,編號103近 似湯盆一件,但是缺少托盤。

◆ 如果不看把手的底部的話,這件器物可稱得上是完美複製了1735-1745年間邁森製造的一件湯盆。