Lot 73

A CHELSEA KAKIEMON OCTAGONAL BEAKER, A VAUXHALL BLUE AND WHITE BOWL AND A WORCESTER POWDER-BLUE GROUND TEABOWL, SAUCER AND COFFEE-CUP

CIRCA 1750-68

Details

A CHELSEA KAKIEMON OCTAGONAL BEAKER, A VAUXHALL BLUE AND WHITE BOWL AND A WORCESTER POWDER-BLUE GROUND TEABOWL, SAUCER AND COFFEE-CUP
CIRCA 1750-68
The first painted with the 'Lady in a Pavilion' pattern of a Japanese lady standing in a formal garden; the second painted with figures in a continuous Chinese landscape; the third painted in blue with the 'Fan Panelled Landscape' pattern
The bowl 7½ in. (19 cm.) diam. (5)

Provenance

The first: The Crane Collection of 18th Century English Porcelain, Bonhams London, 31 March 2010, lot 53
The second: The Geoffrey Godden Collection of Blue and White Porcelain, Bonhams London, 30 June 2010, lot 20
The third: The Zorka Hodgson Collection of English Porcelain, Bonhams London, 10 September 2008, lot 88

Literature

The second illustrated in Geoffrey Godden, English Blue and White Porcelain, (2004), p. 189, pl. 234 and by Roger Massey, Felicity Marno and Simon Spero, Ceramics of Vauxhall, (2007), p. 63, fig. 77.

Exhibited

The second exhibited at the ECC Exhibition 2007, No. 77, according to label.

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Lot Essay

The Chelsea Kakiemon beaker bears a pattern which originated on 17th century Japanese porcelain wares and was copied in the 18th century by Chantilly and other European manufactories. The Chelsea sale catalogue of 1755 refers to the 'Lady pattern' while the 1756 catalogue includes the 'old japan lady pattern'. These could refer to old stock remaining from the Raised Anchor period. A peach-shaped creamboat in this pattern was sold Bonhams London, 3 October 2012, lot 134; and a beaker and saucer was included in the British Museum 'Porcelain for Palaces' Exhibition (1990), p.280, no.328.

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