Sold Ceramics - Sold Chine de commande - Western Subjects 1680-1800 - Various Subjects - Meissen Style

Object 2010803

Milk jug

China

c.1745

Height with cover 122 mm (4.80 inch), diameter of rim 72 mm (2.84 inch), diameter of mouthrim 37 mm (1.46 inch), diameter of footring 37 mm (1.46 inch)

Milk jug on a footring, pear shaped body with handle, small triangular spout at the rim. The C-shaped handle is placed opposite the spout. Matching cover with knob. Decorated in various overglaze enamels, iron-red, gold after the style of Meissen porcelain with a European harbour with a tower and tall trees on the quay three men fishing in a lobed cartouche. On the rim a spearhead pattern border. On the cover a decorative pattern of floral scrollwork, around the rim a spearhead border.

The design is a direct copy from a Meissen original, including the lobed cartouche and the decorative pattern of scrollwork which is typical of Meissen porcelain of the period 1720-1740. The very detailed and refined painting, so faithfully copying the original, illustrates the craftsmanship of the Chinese porcelain painter and the quality that could be reached in export porcelain. However Chine de commande, like this must have cost a good deal more than the ordinary enamelled wares for export. (Jörg 1989/2, p.226)

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Condition: The knob of the cover has been broken and glued back. A tiny frit to the tip of the spout and two tiny unglazed firing flaw spots to the handle.

References:

Howard & Ayers 1978, vol. 2, cat. 534

Hervouët 1986, 15

Jörg 1989/2, cat. 89

Antonin & Suebsman 2009, cat. 102

Price: Sold.