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1805-1810
Details
A COALPORT (JOHN ROSE) IMARI PART TEA SERVICE
1805-1810
Painted in the Imari palette of iron-red and underglazed blue with flowering branches of peony and chrysanthemum issuing from a two- handled urn within a fretwork fence, the floor of iron-red whorls, the border with oval panels of a tiger, a butterfly and a crane each within landscapes of similar flowers issuing from rockwork on a scale ground, each panel separated by an iron-red mann reserved on a gold ground.
Comprising:
An oval teapot, cover and stand, 6in. (15.2cm.) high A cream jug 3.15/16in. (10cm.) high An oval sugar bowl and cover 5.11/16in. (14.4cm.) high A waste bowl 66in. (16.3cm.) diam A plate, 86in. (21.7cm.)
Five teacups, 26.in (5.8cm.)
Three coffee cans, 2½.in. (6.4cm.)
Six saucers, 5¼in. (13.4cm.)
Together with:
An English Imari ice pail, porbably Coalport and decorated in a variant Imari pattern 7¾in. (19.7cm) high, and a English Imari Bough Pot, 73/8in. (18.7cm) high. (22)
1805-1810
Painted in the Imari palette of iron-red and underglazed blue with flowering branches of peony and chrysanthemum issuing from a two- handled urn within a fretwork fence, the floor of iron-red whorls, the border with oval panels of a tiger, a butterfly and a crane each within landscapes of similar flowers issuing from rockwork on a scale ground, each panel separated by an iron-red mann reserved on a gold ground.
Comprising:
An oval teapot, cover and stand, 6in. (15.2cm.) high A cream jug 3.15/16in. (10cm.) high An oval sugar bowl and cover 5.11/16in. (14.4cm.) high A waste bowl 66in. (16.3cm.) diam A plate, 86in. (21.7cm.)
Five teacups, 26.in (5.8cm.)
Three coffee cans, 2½.in. (6.4cm.)
Six saucers, 5¼in. (13.4cm.)
Together with:
An English Imari ice pail, porbably Coalport and decorated in a variant Imari pattern 7¾in. (19.7cm) high, and a English Imari Bough Pot, 73/8in. (18.7cm) high. (22)
Provenance
Anon. sale; Sotheby's , New York, 5 December 1978, lot 214
Anon. sale Christie's, New York, 28 October 1978, lot 249
Anon. sale Christie's, New York, 28 October 1978, lot 249
Special notice
This lot has no reserve.
Sale room notice
There are twenty-two pieces in the lot. The correct compliment is listed in the catalogue.