1730s Porcelain

A Chinese famille rose plate. Yongzheng period Decorated in the famille rose palette with peonies and other flowers. Country: China Period : Yongzh...

Chinese Export En Grisaille Teapoy with European Figures, Mandolin Player and Lady with Dog, Circa 1735 The charming Chinese Export porcelain teapoy and cover is painted to each side en grisaille with iron-red details. To one side is an image of a a young man playing the mandolin serenading a young lady who is reaching down to play with a dog. This image is very interesting because of the details visible in the scene. On the table behind her are two porcelain tea bowls and, by the side of the table, a Chinese porcelain covered urn. On the wall behind is a wall-mounted candleholder which may also be porcelain. The reverse side is painted with a townscape of a European town...

Chinese Export Porcelain European-subject Blue & White Tea Bowl and Saucer, Neptune, The God of The Sea, Dutch market, Yongzheng Period, Circa 1730-35 The Chinese Export porcelain, probably made for the Dutch market, depicts Neptune, the God of the Sea, standing with his triton in the center of the design with a number of other figures to his left and right with three large fish or whales at his feet. The lower section of the design depicting the sea. The border of each piece with a repeating diaper design. Dimensions: Saucer: 4 1/2 inches diameter x 3/4 inch high (11.53cm diameter x 1.91cm high); Cup: 2 3/4 inches diameter x 1 3/4 inches high (6.99cm diameter x 4.45cm high). The design is after an etching called `The Realm of Neptune` by Frederick Bloemaert (c.1610-c.1669) completed between 1650-1656, after a drawing by his father Abraham Bloemaert (1566–1651). This is a Baroque design which is only found in blue and white on Chinese porcelain, it occurs on fine grained porcelain and Chinese soft-paste porcelain. Both dinner services and tea services were produced. The Metropolitan Museum of Art has a plate in their collection, Helena Woolworth McCann Collection, Purchase, Winfield Foundation Gift, 1966 (Ass. # 66.27.5). Reference: Jorg states "The depiction of Neptune, the God of the Sea of classical mythology occurs in several varieties on Chine de Commande from the 1740`s onwards. How well the design sold is illustrated by an order from 1778, when they sent a chocolate cup with this design as a model for similarly decorated plates. However, the Dutch merchants...

Chinese Export porcelain Famille rose beaker vases, Yongzheng Period, Circa 1730-35 The Chinese Export porcelain vases are of hexagonal f...

Chinese export porcelain pronk arbor saucer dish, 1736-45 A Chinese Export Porcelain saucer dish after the ‘Arbour’ design by Cornelis Pron...

This is a striking deep plate made in China for export to the West in the late Kangxi era, ca 1730. This plate is decorated with what is often the "Tek Sing" ...

This is a beautiful pair of deep plates made in China for export to the West in the late Kangxi era, ca 1730. The plates are very lightly potted...

A near pair of soft-paste porcelain pots de crème, made by the French porcelain factory Saint-Cloud circa 1730-1740. Saint-Cloud’s pure white...

This is a beautiful set of five deep plates made in China for export to the West in the late Kangxi era, ca 1730. The plates are very lightly po...

Early soft-paste porcelain egg cup, decorated with an eclectic meld: a Chinese pattern, in a Japanese palette; and a vaguely neoclassical border to ...

Meissen gorgeous painted cup and saucer (multicolored painted). Manufactory: Meissen. Hallmarked: Blue Meissen Sword Mark of 18th century (Pre-Marcolini Period / underglazed). ...

Meissen gorgeous painted cup and saucer (multicolored painted). Manufactory: Meissen. Hallmarked: Blue Meissen Sword Mark of 18th century (Pre-Marcolini Period / underglazed). ...