ID 1030765
Lot 97 | A LARGE CHINESE EXPORT PORCELAIN 'SKATING LESSON' CHARGER
Estimate value
$ 6 000 – 8 000
QIANLONG PERIOD, CIRCA 1740
The deep dish painted with a Dutch couple ice skating after Cornelis Dusart (1660-1704), the gentleman holding a long boathook for his companion to hold and steady herself, five surrounding smaller figures warming their hands or slipping on the ice, the border with a band of enameled and gilt fruits, flowers and leaves
14 in. (35.6 cm.) diameter
Provenance
The Mildred R. and Rafi Y. Mottahedeh Collection; Sotheby's, New York, 30 January 1985, lot 177.
Acquired by Ann and Gordon Getty from the above.
Literature
D. Howard and J. Ayers, China for the West, New York and London, 1978, vol. I, p. 287, no. 284.
Exhibited
Richmond, The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, The Mottahedeh Collection, January 1981-October 1982.
New York, Sotheby Parke Bernet, China for the West, February 1984.
| Applied technique: | Pottery |
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| Medium: | Ceramic, Porcelain |
| Art style: | Chinese Export |
| Historical era: | Qianlong period |
| Place of origin: | China, Eastern Asia, Asia |
| Category: | Dishes and trays |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Plates & Dishes |
| Applied technique: | Pottery |
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| Medium: | Ceramic, Porcelain |
| Art style: | Chinese Export |
| Historical era: | Qianlong period |
| Place of origin: | China, Eastern Asia, Asia |
| Category: | Dishes and trays |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Plates & Dishes |
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