CIRCA 1750

Details

A RARE CAMIAEU ROSE 'FOLLY FORT' PLATE
Circa 1750
Enamelled at the centre en camaïeu rose depicting the 'follies' at the mouth of the Pearl River near Canton, a band of gilt shell and scroll at the border, underside rim flake restored
9 in. (23 cm.) diam.

Provenance

Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 11 May 1992, lot 137 (to Dreesmann).
Dr Anton C.R. Dreesmann (inventory no.J-155).

Special notice

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Lot Essay

The 'folly-forts' or 'follies' were the fortified warehouses used by the European traders going in and out of Canton. A very similar plate is in the Metropolitan Museum, illustrated by Hervouët and Bruneau, La Porcelaine des Compagnies des Indes à Décor Occidental, Paris, 1986, p.23, fig.1.23; and by C. Le Corbeiller, China Trade Porcelain: Patterns of Exchange, New York, 1974, no.39, p.96.

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