CIRCA 1800-1810

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A RARE EXPORT HEXAGONAL 'EUROPEAN-SUBJECT' JARDINIERE AND STAND
Circa 1800-1810
Decorated on the exterior in sepia on a pale salmon ground with a continuous scene: on two sides with two figures in conversation, two other sides with European buildings, and on two sides with trees and rockwork, the stand in similar tones with wispy trees and gentle hills above short bracket feet, the everted rims with stylised key-pattern, the jardinière with rim chip, the stand repaired
the stand 6¾ in. (17 cm.) wide

Provenance

Eduardo Malta

Literature

J. A. Lloyd Hyde and Ricardo R. Espirito Santo Silva, Chinese Porcelain for the European Market, Lisbon, 1956, pl.V.

Special notice

No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

Lot Essay

Compare the hexagonal jardinière and stand decorated in sepia and gilt but without the European figures and buildings, illustrated by Bredo L. Grandjean, Dansk Ostindisk Porcelaen, Copenhagen, 1965, fig.127, Kat.137, which the author dates to 1806.

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