Lot Essay
Scenes of potters at work at Jingdezhen, such as those represented on this tureen and cover, are rarely depicted on porcelains, and more commonly found in watercolours such as those from the Tingqua Studio.
Compare a similar example sold in these Rooms, 30 October 1989, lot 183. Another basin in the Nijstad Collection, The Hague, with a somewhat more detailed rendition of the same subject, is illustrated, M. Beurdeley, op.cit, 1962, p.10-11, figs. 3 and 4.
Compare a similar example sold in these Rooms, 30 October 1989, lot 183. Another basin in the Nijstad Collection, The Hague, with a somewhat more detailed rendition of the same subject, is illustrated, M. Beurdeley, op.cit, 1962, p.10-11, figs. 3 and 4.