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1340 Antique 17th Chinese Dehua Beaker. Decorated in Europe

1340 Antique 17th Chinese Dehua Beaker. Decorated in Europe

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1440 Antique 17th Chinese Dehua Beaker. Decorated in Europe

These have been categorized as European decorated but we have doubts about this. In our opinion they could also be entirely CHinese decorated

Diameter: 68mm approx
Period:1710-1730
Code:110
Provenance:

Woolley and Wallis – The Phillip Allen Collection 16th November 2023

The Watney Collection of Dutch and English Decorated Chinese Porcelain – Bonhams 2003

A
circa 1690-1710
the beakers of gentle bell shape, painted with Arabesque panels of flowering plants in red and green outlined in black, 7.2cm, both marked with a leaf in underglaze blue (one cracked, rim chips), the small, handled cup also with Arabesque panels in similar colouring, 6cm (tiny rim chip enamelled over) (3),

Footnotes

  • For a similar, undecorated Dehua cup see Robert Blumenfield, Blanc de Chine, p. 50, fig. A. The beakers are Kangxi export porcelain of a type rarely found just in white

As some of you know we mostly collect European decorated porcelain and have a large collection. I just added a teapot that is really baffling me and migth shed a very different light on what I have taken for granted. To me it looks like a very classic Amsterdam redecorated Kakiemon style teapot with added birds, a tiger and flowers. Color wise its also consistent of what we know of Amsterdam Bont Kakiemon. However this teapot has raised relief in the flowers and upon carefull inspection the decoration appears to be incomplete without the colors. The blue branches dont seem to leave space for the flowers. In Amsterdam bont this is never the case as the Dutch painters used the Chinese complete decoration and added something. Its almost as if they added new material to create the relief. I still think the addition of the red flowers was something that was planned all along. Has anybody ever seen anything remotely similar?

Additional Information

Type

Region of origin

China

China dynasty period

Qing (1661 – 1912)

Decoration type colour

Amsterdam Bont, Famille Verte

Century

18th century

Size

20cm-21cm