An Hexagonal Soft-Paste Porcelain Jar and Cover

ENGLISH, CHELSEA WARE (CIRCA 1752-55), RED ANCHOR MARK ON INSIDE OF NECK

Details

An Hexagonal Soft-Paste Porcelain Jar and Cover
English, Chelsea Ware (Circa 1752-55), Red Anchor Mark on Inside of Neck
Painted in polychrome enamels and gilt over clear glaze in Kakiemon style with three panels of pine, plum and bamboo alternating with three other panels of scrolling chrysanthemums on a red ground, the neck decorated with foliage and the cover matching the body in modified detail
10in. (26.6cm.) high

Provenance

Richard W. Weatherhead
P. M. Synge-Hutchinson, sold Christie's, London, Fine English Porcelain, 9 February, 1981, lot 163

Lot Essay

The jar and cover are painted with three panels of pine, bamboo and plum, 'The Three Friends' (Shochikubai). For a matching Chelsea covered jar see John Ayers et al., Porcelain for Palaces: The Fashion for Japan in Europe 1650--1750, exh. cat. (London: Oriental Ceramic Society and British Museum, 1990), pl. 198. For the Japanese Kakiemon-style prototype in the English Royal Collection see the same catalogue, pl. 152.

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