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AN ORMOLU-MOUNTED CHINESE EXPORT PORCELAIN BLUE AND WHITE TANKARD

Lot 96
06.02.2025 00:00UTC -05:00
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$ 10 080
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUSA, New York
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ID 1360343
Lot 96 | AN ORMOLU-MOUNTED CHINESE EXPORT PORCELAIN BLUE AND WHITE TANKARD
Estimate value
$ 12 000 – 18 000
AN ORMOLU-MOUNTED CHINESE EXPORT PORCELAIN BLUE AND WHITE TANKARD
THE PORCELAIN KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722), THE MOUNTS POSSIBLY GERMAN, LATE 17TH CENTURY, SIGNED UNDER THE BASE 'FECIT A.D.' AND WITH ENGRAVED INVENTORY NUMBER '1461'
The cylindrical body and domed cover painted with birds stylized as medallions, the thumbpiece molded as a leafy mask, the double-scroll handle molded with a satyr mask and bird's head, the foot chased with shells, partial Sotheby's label to underside
10 ½ in. (27 cm.) wide, over handle




Provenance

Acquired from Galerie J. Kugel, Paris, 2002.



Literature

T. Schroder, Renaissance and Baroque Silver, Mounted Porcelain and Ruby Glass from the Zilkha Collection, London, 2012, cat. no. 62, pp. 246-247.
Applied technique:Ormolu, Pottery
Medium:Ceramic, Gold, Porcelain
Art style:Chinese Export
Historical era:Qianlong period
Place of origin:China, Eastern Asia, Western Europe, Germany, Asia, Europe
Category:Tankards
Auction house category:All other types of objects
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