ID 1030819
Lot 158 | THREE CHINESE EXPORT PORCELAIN COMMEDIA DELL'ARTE 'SOUTH SEA BUBBLE' PLATES
Estimate value
$ 8 000 – 12 000
KANGXI/YONGZHENG PERIOD, CIRCA 1722
Each plate painted in doucai enamels with leafy borders in green, underglaze blue and gilt, the center of each with a variant dancing commedia actor on a tiled floor surrounded by black inscriptions of satirical stock-promoting catch-phrases including: 50 per cent op Delft Gewonnen (50% profit on Delft); schijt Actien enwind handel (rubbish bills and companies built on air); De Actie-mars op de tang (The march of the share values played on the tuning fork)
8 3/8 in. (21.3 cm.) diameter
Provenance
The Mildred R. and Rafi Y. Mottahedeh Collection; Sotheby's, New York, 30 January 1985, lot 140 (as part of a set of six plates).
Acquired by Ann and Gordon Getty from the above.
Literature
D.S. Howard and J. Ayers, China for the West, vol. I, London, 1978, pp. 234-235, pl. 230, figs. 230a and 230b.
| Applied technique: | Pottery |
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| Medium: | Ceramic, Porcelain |
| Art style: | Chinese Export |
| Historical era: | Kangxi period, Yongzheng period |
| Place of origin: | China, Eastern Asia, Asia |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Plates & Dishes, Plates |
| Applied technique: | Pottery |
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| Medium: | Ceramic, Porcelain |
| Art style: | Chinese Export |
| Historical era: | Kangxi period, Yongzheng period |
| Place of origin: | China, Eastern Asia, Asia |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Plates & Dishes, Plates |
| Address of auction |
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