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Teapot and cover decorated with the Great Seal of the USA, ribbon inscribed “E PLURIBUS UNUM”, Jiaqing.

Stock Number: 4738

Very rare Chinese export porcelain teapot and cover decorated in famille rose (fencai) palette enamels with the Great Seal of the USA (eagle with open wings, shield with stripes, ribbon inscribed “E PLURIBUS UNUM”, the stars above the eagle’s head enclosed by a half circle headed with sun rays), on the opposite side the gilt monogram CVL, c. 1800, Jiaqing reign, Qing dynasty, h. 13 cm, 5 in; w. 25 cm, 10 in. 6-15100

Illustrated: Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art, by A. Varela Santos, 2018/2019, cat. 77.

Literature:

China for America, by Herbert, Peter and Nancy Chiffer, Exton, Pennsylvania 1980, p. 119 for a bowl with the same decoration but possibly without monogram; p. 123 for the inside of a bowl showing the same eagle but without the ribbon; pp. 124-129 for other eagles with slight differences, some with monograms like JES, IHNEA, DL;

Chinese Export Porcelain in the Reeves Centre Collection at the Washington and Lee University, by T.V. Litzenburg Jr. and A.T. Bailey, Washington 2003, 267-271 for variation of this eagle;

Collection Chinese Export Porcelain, by E. Gordon, London 1977, p. 20 for a bowl with a similar eagle but without the ribbon;

Chinese Export Porcelain for the American Trade 1785-1835, by J.M. Mudge, Delaware 1962 reprint of 1961, pp. 83-84 for more different versions of the American eagle;

A Winterthur Guide to Chinese Export Porcelain, by A.M. Palmer, New York 1976, pp. 135-139 for more different versions of the American eagle;

• Chinese Porcelain at the Elvehjem Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin-Madison, by C.C. Brawer, Hong Kong 1992, pp. 88-92 for more different versions of the American eagle;

From Brant point to Boca Tigris, Nantucket and the China Trade, by M.A. Jehle and introduction by C.L. Crossman, Nantucket 1994, p. 58, cat. 15 from a part tea set with an identical eagle;

• Porcelaine de la Compagnie des Indes, by M. Beurdeley, Fribourg 1974, p. 205, cat. 219 for a similar teapot with initials T.S. dated 1795;

Chinese Export Art at Historic Deerfield, by A.E. Lange, Deerfield MA 2005, pp.254/255, cat. 107 for a platter with a slightly different seal.

十分珍稀的中國外銷瓷粉彩帶蓋茶壺,繪有美國國徽(展翅的鷹前一個帶條紋的盾,鷹嘴裡銜著絲帶,上書“E PLURIBUS UNUM合眾為一”,鷹頭上有個半圓形的光環里畫著星星),反面繪描金字母 CVL,約1800年,清嘉慶,高13釐米,5英吋;寬25釐米,10英吋。

圖示:《中國陶瓷及工藝精品》,作者阿.瓦瑞拉.山度士,編號 77。

參考文獻:

•《美國的中國瓷》,作者Herbert,Peter及Nancy Chiffer,1980年賓夕法尼亞州埃克斯頓出版,參見第 119頁帶相同紋飾但可能無字母的盌一件;第123頁盌內畫同樣的鷹但沒有絲帶;124-129頁其他稍 有不同的鷹,有些帶字母JES, IHNEA, DL;

•《華盛頓與李大學里夫斯中心藏中國外銷瓷》,作者T.V. Litzenburg Jr.及A.T. Bailey,2003年華盛 頓出版,參見267-271頁此鷹的變形;

•《中國外銷瓷收藏》,作者E. Gordon,1977年倫敦出版,參見第20頁繪著相同的鷹但是無絲 帶的盌一件;

•《1785-1835年間美國貿易中的中國外銷瓷》,作者J.M. Mudge,1962年德拉華出版,1961年再版, 參見83-84頁更多美國鷹的不同版本;

•《溫特圖爾中國外銷瓷導讀》,作者A.M. Palmer,1976年紐約出版,參見135-139頁更多美國鷹的不 同版本;

•《威斯康星麥迪遜大學Elvehjem藝術博物館藏中國瓷器》,作者C.C. Brawer,1992年香港出版 ,參見 88-92頁更多美國鷹的不同版本;

•《從楠塔基特到虎門,楠塔基特和中國貿易》,作者M.A. Jehle,C.L. Crossman撰序,1994年楠 塔基特出版,參見第58頁編號15帶相同美國鷹的部分茶具;

•《印度公司瓷器》,作者M. Beurdeley,1974年弗里堡出版,參見第205頁,編號219一件作於1795 年,帶有T.S. 字母的相似茶壺一隻;

•《迪爾菲爾歷史學會藏中國外銷藝術》,作者A.E. Lange,2005年馬瑟諸塞州迪爾菲爾出版,參見 第254-255頁,編號107帶稍有不同的印章的盤子一件。