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Eastern Vision
The magnetic allure of the exotic east has been well established since the 17th century and in Britain this was predominately driven by the Honourable East Indian Company and their employees who dealt privately in the lucrative luxury goods market. Tastes changed and increasingly by the 19th century the decorative motifs adorning the export lacquer wares, ivories and porcelains increasingly incorporated mythological creatures and other Chinese motifs rather than directly copying European designs or models. This export lacquer screen is a fine example of an export piece decorated with complex scenes enriched in gold and encircled by a fiery dragon (see lot 92).The supply of these luxury goods was also been finite and through the centuries techniques were developed to imitate, such as Western japanning (see lot 93 and 95) and porcelain, for example Edmé Samson in Paris (est. 1845), who produced these high quality famille verte vases and covers embellished with Eastern motifs (see lot 91).
A LARGE PAIR OF GILT-BRONZE-MOUNTED FAMILLE VERTE POT-POURRI JARS AND FIXED COVERS
LATE 19TH CENTURY, THE PORCELAIN PROBABLY SAMSON
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A LARGE PAIR OF GILT-BRONZE-MOUNTED FAMILLE VERTE POT-POURRI JARS AND FIXED COVERS
LATE 19TH CENTURY, THE PORCELAIN PROBABLY SAMSON
Enamelled with peony and rockwork, with diaper panels divisions, lappet-shaped panels of scrolling chrysanthemum and ruyi-heads
21¾ in. (52.7 cm.) high (2)
LATE 19TH CENTURY, THE PORCELAIN PROBABLY SAMSON
Enamelled with peony and rockwork, with diaper panels divisions, lappet-shaped panels of scrolling chrysanthemum and ruyi-heads
21¾ in. (52.7 cm.) high (2)
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