ID 1122279
Lot 548 | TWO CHINESE EXPORT PORCELAIN COMMEDIA DELL'ARTE 'SOUTH SEA BUBBLE' PLATES
Estimate value
$ 6 000 – 8 000
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: De Actie-mars op de tang (The march of the share values played on the tuning fork) and Wie op Uijtrech of Nieu Amsterdam (Who wants to speculate on Utrecht or New Amsterdam?)
8 3⁄8 in. (21.3 cm.) diameter
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 29 January 1986, lots 49 and 50.
| 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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