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This type of porcelain with decorations painted in iron-red, gold and some black enamel, is traditionally called melk en bloed, (which literarily translates as milk and blood). Interestingly, in The Netherlands in the 18th century the name was also applied to a specific type of imported Indian chintz, with predominantly red decorations on a light ground. The composition and iconography usely conform to the normal export assortment of blue-and-white Kangxi porcelain of c.1700. The dating of early 18th century is confirmed by the existence of some Red & Gold objects in the collection of August the Strong (1670-1733). Apparently, this type of porcelain was popular mainly among the Dutch and the very few pieces that can be found elsewhere in Europe usually come from The Netherlands. (Lunsingh Scheurleer 1989), (Jörg 2002/2)
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Object 2012604
Teapot
China
1700-1720
Height with cover 155 mm (6.10 inch), height without cover 117 mm (4.61 inch), diameter handle to spout 178 mm (7.01 inch), diameter of mouthrim 58 mm (2.28 inch), diameter of footring 55 mm (2.16 inch), weight including cover 440 grams (15.52 ounce (oz.)), weight cover 49 grams (1.72 ounce (oz.))
Egg-shaped teapot on a footring. Straight spout with silver tip and a curved C-shaped handle, domed pierced cover with a pointed knob. Decorated in 'Red & Gold' / 'Rouge-de-fer' with iron-red and gold on the glaze between two diaper-pattern borders in underglaze blue, with on either side of the body a flowering chrysanthemum and prunus, their flower buds in low relief. On the handle and spout florets between scrolls. The cover, with an ormolu mount, is decorated en suite.
Only grown in China and Japan during the 17th Century, tea became known in the Netherlands early because the Dutch East India Company (VOC) shipped small quantities home. Its use as a beverage was established slowly, and was probably started by retired VOC employees who had become accustomed to drinking tea in the East. At a tea party, the expensive beverage was served in small teapots, one for each guest, filled with the leaves of the type he or she preferred. The tea was poured into small cups, while the teapot was refilled with hot water from a metal or sometimes ceramic kettle. The small quantity of famille verte teapots still abound reflects the demand in Europe at the time. Elaborately decorated, they must have been regarded as luxury wares for the upper classes. (Jörg 2011/2, p.131)
Condition: Glaze rough spots round the sides and the top of the knob.
Reference:
Price: Sold.
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Object 2012008
Saucer
China
1700-1720
Height 20 mm (0.79 inch), diameter of rim 106 mm (4.17 inch), diameter of footring 50 mm (1.97 inch), weight 57 grams (2.01 ounce (oz.))
Published:
- Melk en Bloed. Erlesenes Porzellan aus dem Reich der Mitte, (D. Suebsman, Norden 2018), p.57, cat. 17.
- Melk en Bloed. Exquisite porcelain from the Middle Kingdom, (D. Suebsman, Norden 2019), p.57, cat. 17.
Saucer on footring, slightly everted rim. Decorated in 'Red & Gold' or 'Rouge de Fer' with iron-red and gold on the glaze with a yin-yang symbol in a central roundel surrounded by two groups of two winged angels holding a crown above a teapot on a stove separated from each other by cloud motifs. On the reverse two flower sprays.
The central pattern on this small saucer resembles a European coat-of-arms. It shows the Yin-Yang symbol of the Daoist philosophy, which teaches the unification of two opposing energies and is a symbol of the 'Highest Principle' (Taiji), signifying the 'Source of the World'. It is framed by two pairs of winged cherubs each holding a crown above a teapot. The composition of symbols is to be understood as an allegory representing tea - tea as the king of beverages, containing the essence of the Highest Principle. As yet no other object with this motif is known and was possibly commissioned by a tea trader. (Suebsman 2019, p.57, cat. 17)
Objects with a Chine de commande design decorated in 'Red & Gold' or 'Rouge de Fer' with iron-red and gold on the glaze are rare we know of a dish with a biblical design of Christ's Baptism and a dish with a river scene with a Dutch drawbridge. For these two examples please see:
- Jan Menze van Diepen Stichting. Selectie uit de collectie Oosterse keramiek. (Jan Menze van Diepen Foundation. A Selection from the Collection of Oriental Ceramics), (C.J.A. Jörg, Slochteren, 2002), p.141, cat. 96.
- Have a Cup of Tea. Chinese Porcelain and Tea in North-West Germany, (Exhibition catalogue, Isensee Verlag, Oldenburg, 2015), p.107, cat. 87
Condition: Two frits and three shallow glaze rough spots to the rim.
References:
Jörg & Van Campen 1997, cat. 78 & 150
Price: Sold.
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Object 2012415
Teacup & saucer
China
1710-1730
Height of teacup 44 mm (1.26 inch), diameter of rim 60 mm (2.56 inch), diameter of footring 20 mm (1.10 inch), weight 30 grams (1.06 ounce (oz.))
Height of saucer 24 mm (0.83 inch), diameter of rim 115 mm (4.41 inch), diameter of footring 62 mm (2.16 inch), weight 61 grams (2.15 ounce (oz.))
Teacup and saucer on footrings, straight rims. Decorated in 'Red & Gold' / 'Rouge-de-fer' with a light (pink-wash), iron-red and gold on the glaze with a central flower spray surrounded by wide spread chrysanthemum and prunus flower sprays. The reverse is undecorated. The teacup is decorated en suite with a single flowers spray on the inner wall.
There is a similar saucer in the collection of the Ottoman Sultans in Istanbul. (Suebsman 2019, p.83, cat. 32)
For an identically, shaped. sized and decorated teacup and saucer, please see:
Condition:
Saucer: Perfect.
Teacup: A firing flaw on the inside and a tiny flebite to the outer rim.
Reference:
Price: Sold.
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Object 2011492
Tea caddy
China
1700-1720
Height excluding cover 105 mm (4.13 inch), dimensions 90 mm (3.54 inch) x 57 mm (2.24 inch), weight including cover 355 grams (12.52 ounce (oz.)), weight cover 37 grams (1.31 ounce (oz.))
Rectangular tea caddy with canted corners on a flat, unglazed, base. On the flat top an unglazed cylindrical mouth. The original cover is missing. Fitted with a pewter cover (unmarked). Decorated in 'Red & Gold' / 'Rouge-de-fer' with iron-red and gold on the glaze with flowering lotus buds, round the neck half flower heads with leafy scrolls on an iron-red ground alternating with half flower heads with leafy scrolls. On the flat top the cylindrical mouth is flanked by flowering lotus buds. Curious detail is the slightly of centre placing of the filling opening.
As the Dutch porcelain historian Lunsingh Scheurleer decided on the term Melk en Bloed, Milch und Blut or Milk and Blood, respectively in his German and English publications, this term has been agreed upon in international academic literature as well as among porcelain collectors.
Melk en Bloed was only imported from China, mainly by Dutch private traders, in the short period of time between ca. 1700 and 1730, a heyday of porcelain art, when the Qing emperors Kangxi (rule 1662-1722) and Yongzheng (rule 1723-1735) reigned. In contrast to the state controlled archiving system of the Dutch East India Company, (Vereenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie, VOC) chambers' transactions, order documents from individual dealers as well as private firms in the Netherlands had never been correctly archived and so source material regarding the identity of the persons who commissioned Melk en Bloed is utterly scanty. From the historical records of the electoral Saxon Court in Dresden in particular, we know that several dealers from Amsterdam were involved in the trade of red and gold decorated porcelain. For example the dealer Abraham van Theenen and the commercial enterprise of Godefroy & Dulong are documented there as suppliers, and the inventories of the year 1721 to 1725 record that Count Lagnasco (1659-1735), one of King Augustus the Strong's purchasing agents, acquired some of the most beautiful red and gold pieces of the Dresden collection on his shopping-tour in Amsterdam in 1716. (Suebsman 2019, p.13)
For a long time during the 17th century tea from China was in fact viewed upon as a kind of exclusive medicine, however after 1680 it quickly became very popular as a beverage among all classes. A cup of tea was often enjoyed in privacy at home as well as in public tea houses. The latter has even proved to have been a major contribution to women's emancipation, as it indeed allowed women to freely, and unaccompanied, visit these houses together with their lady friends. Tea was available in all sorts of different qualities, ranging from expensive to cheap. It was imported in great quantities from China, the only country where tea was cultivated in those days, to the Netherlands by the Dutch East India Company, (Vereenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie, VOC).
Following the tea hype, porcelain also made its way to the West: cups with fitting saucers, at first without a handle, later on sometimes with. Apart from a Chinese tea pot, 18th century tea sets often also included a corresponding rinsing bowl, milk jug, spoon tray, sugar pot and tea caddy. These tea caddies were almost invariably made of Chinese porcelain and rectangular or ovoid shaped. They were sometimes embellished with metal mounts. Blue specimens were sometimes over-decorated in enamel colours in the Netherlands (Amsterdams Bont) to make them look more appealing. In case a Chinese tea caddy was lost, it could be replaced by one made of Delftware. (source: The World at Home: Asian porcelain and Delft pottery held from 17 June 2017 to 10 March 2019 at the Groninger Museum, The Netherlands)
Condition: Two firing flaws and some glaze rough spots to the edges.
References:
Exhibition: The World at Home: Asian porcelain and Delft pottery held from 17 June 2017 to 10 March 2019 at the Groninger Museum, The Netherlands.
Price: Sold.
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Object 2011513
Coffee pot
China
1720-1740
Height with cover 230 mm (9.05 inch), height without cover 170 mm (6.70 inch) diameter of mouthrim 70 mm (2.76 inch), diameter of footring 127 mm (5.91 inch), weight 949 grams (33.48 ounce (oz.))
Published:
- Have a Cup of Tea. Chinese Porcelain and Tea in North-West Germany, (Exhibition catalogue, Isensee Verlag, Oldenburg, 2015), p.84, cat. 46.
- Made in China, Porzellan und Teekultur im Nordwesten, (Exhibition catalogue, Isensee Verlag, Oldenburg, 2015), p.118, cat. 46.
- Melk en Bloed. Erlesenes Porzellan aus dem Reich der Mitte, (D. Suebsman, Norden 2018), pp.92-93, cat. 40.
- Melk en Bloed. Exquisite porcelain from the Middle Kingdom, (D. Suebsman, Norden 2019), pp.92-93, cat. 40.
Exhibited:
- Have a Cup of Tea. Chinese Porcelain and Tea in North-West Germany held from 22 March to 25 August 2015 at the Ostfriesisches Landesmuseum Emden Germany / 'Made in China. Porzellan und Teekultur im Nordwesten' held from 22 March to 23 August 2015 at the Ostfriesisches Landesmuseum Emden Germany,
- Melk en Bloed. Erlesenes Porzellan aud dem Reich der Mitte held from 20 May 2018 to 6 January 2019 at the Ostfriesisches Teemuseum Norden Germany.
(Reproduced from: Have a Cup of Tea. Chinese Porcelain and Tea in North-West Germany, (Exhibition catalogue, Isensee Verlag, Oldenburg, 2015), p.84, cat. 46, copyright in bibliographic data and cover images is held by the publisher or by their respective licensors: all rights reserved)
Tapering cylindrical coffee pot on low footring. The handle placed at an angle to the S-shaped spout. Domed and pierced cover with pointed knob. Decorated in 'Red & Gold' / 'Rouge-de-fer' with iron-red and gold. Continuously decorated with large flowering peony and chrysanthemum plants, on the handle and spout florets between scrolls with cloud motifs. On the cover a large flowering peony, the knob with a flower head.
The term Chine de commande is used for Chinese porcelain objects decorated with Western designs or objects that were made after Western models. This coffee pot is a fine example of the latter. At the end of the 17th century drinking coffee was a rage throughout Europe and the demand for porcelain coffee wares was booming. The first porcelain coffee pots that arrived in the West were Japanese they were tapering shaped and made after a European metal model. Soon the Chinese began to imitate this European model. (Jörg & Van Campen 1997, p.275)
Condition: A restoration to the rim of the cover.
References:
Price: Sold.
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Object 2012099
Teacup and saucer
China
1700-1720
Height of teacup 44 mm (1.73 inch), diameter of rim 73 mm (2.87 inch), diameter of footring 31 mm (1.22 inch), weight 55 grams (1.94 ounce (oz.))
Height of saucer 21 mm (0.83 inch), diameter of rim 118 mm (4.65 inch), diameter of footring 60 mm (2.36 inch)), weight 79 grams (2.79 ounce (oz.))
Moulded teacup and saucer on footrings with everted scalloped sides and rims. Decorated in 'Red & Gold' or 'Rouge de Fer' with iron-red, black enamel and gold on the glaze with two ladies in a garden landscape near a fence with flowering plants, trees, clouds and the sun. On the sides large panels filled with flowering plants. The reverse is undecorated. The teacup is decorated en suite.
Romance of the Western Chamber
The love story' Romance of the Western Chamber' (Xixiang ji) ranks among the most famous literary works of China. Its importance for young people can be compared to that of Shakespeare's 'Romeo and Juliet' in the West. 'Romance of the Western Chamber' was written by Wang Shifu (1260-1336). There already existed a short story in the Tang dynasty titled 'Biography of Yingying' (Yingying Zhuan) by Yuan Zhen (779-831), but Wang Shifu adapted it by adding details and giving it a happy rather than a sad ending. It tells the story of a forbidden love affair between the civil servant Zhang Sheng, who is gifted, but of a poor family background, and the pretty Cui Yingying, daughter of the Prime Minister. The two young people have their first encounter in a Buddhist temple, where Yingying and her mother have taken lodgings when accompanying the coffin of the recently deceased father back home. Suddenly, the temple is besieged by a local gang of outlaws, who demand the daughter to be handed over. Yingying's mother promises her daughter's hand in marriage to whoever saves the daughter from falling into the hands of the gang leader. However, when Zhang succeeds in doing so with the help of General Du, his childhood friend, she does not keep her promise. The young couple start a secret affair, supported by Hongniang ('Lady in Red'), Yingying's maid. When Yingying's mother discovers the affair, she consents to the marriage on the condition that Zhang passes the final examination for the highest position in the civil service of the capital, Zhang does so well, that he is granted a top position. (Suebsman 2019, p.43)
On this teacup and saucer we see the two characters Yingying and Hongniang admiring flowers in the gardens of Pujiu Monastery. The student Zhang is about to see Yingying for the first time and fall in love with her. (Düsseldorf 2015, cat. 123.1 & Suebsman 2019, p.44)
For an identically decorated dish, please see:
Condition teacup: Some very tiny and shallow fleabites and frits and a short hairline to the rim.
Condition saucer: Some frits, fleabites and a firing flaw to the footring, a shallow glaze rough spot to the rim.
Reference:
Price: Sold.
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Object 2011691
Tea caddy
China
1700-1720
Height with cover 124 mm (4.88 inch), height without cover 98 mm (3.86 inch), dimensions 86 mm (3.39 inch) x 45 mm (1.77 inch), diameter of mouthrim 20 mm (0.79 inch), weight with cover 292 grams (10.30 ounce (oz.)), weight cover 11 grams (0.39 ounce (oz.))
Tea-caddy of rectangular form with canted corners, a flat shoulder with a upright unglazed neck. The original cover is missing. Fitted with contemporary (marked) Dutch silver mounts. The flat base is unglazed. Chinese Imari, decorated in underglaze blue, overglaze iron-red, and gold. On the body and the flat shoulder decorated with various flowering plants. Round the shoulder a border with zig-zag lines and half flower heads. The silver marks explained: the makers mark 'JH', it is unknow to whom these initials refer, the sword mark was used (1814-1905) as the standard mark on articles too small for the full hallmarking.
For an identically shaped and decorated tea caddy, please see:
Condition: A firing tension hairline to the base and a popped bubble of glaze both caused by the firing process. Glaze rough spots to the edges on the shoulder and a chip top a corner of the base.
Reference:
Price: Sold.
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Object 2011826
Teapot
China
c.1720
Height with cover 115 mm (4.53 inch), height without cover 90 mm (3.54 inch), diameter handle to spout 140 mm (5.51 inch), diameter of mouthrim 48 mm (1.89 inch), diameter of footring 56 mm (2.20 inch), weight including cover 309 grams (10.90 ounce (oz.)), weight cover 52 grams (1.83 ounce (oz.))
Pear-shaped teapot on a footring. Straight spout and a curved C-shaped handle, domed pierced cover with stem finial protruding from a modelled chrysanthemum flower spray in low relief. Decorated in 'Red & Gold' / 'Rouge-de-fer' with iron-red and gold on the glaze with on either side of the body a flowering chrysanthemum and prunus spray in low relief. Round the foot a pointed leaves-pattern border and round the mouthrim two stylized borders. On the handle and spout florets between scrolls. The cover is decorated en suite.
Only grown in China and Japan during the 17th Century, tea became known in the Netherlands early because the Dutch East India Company (VOC) shipped small quantities home. Its use as a beverage was established slowly, and was probably started by retired VOC employees who had become accustomed to drinking tea in the East. At a tea party, the expensive beverage was served in small teapots, one for each guest, filled with the leaves of the type he or she preferred. The tea was poured into small cups, while the teapot was refilled with hot water from a metal or sometimes ceramic kettle. The small quantity of famille verte teapots still abound reflects the demand in Europe at the time. Elaborately decorated, they must have been regarded as luxury wares for the upper classes. (Jörg 2011/2, p.131)
Condition: A restored spout and remodelled protruding chrysanthemum stem finial in low relief.
Reference:
Price: Sold.
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Object 2012113
Saucer
China
1720-1740
Height 17 mm (0.67 inch), diameter of rim 107 mm (4.21 inch), diameter of footring 66 mm (2.60 inch), weight 42 grams (1.48 ounce (oz.))
Saucer on footring, slightly everted rim. Decorated in 'Red & Gold' / 'Rouge-de-fer' with iron-red, silver (oxidised) and gold with two quails near a shore, taihu (garden) rock and flowering peont and prunus plants. The reverse is undecorated.
The Silvering technique appeared around 1700. When new (or polished), silver oxide brought another highly distinctive addition to the colour palette. It was used most frequently for armorials. Its tendency to tarnish and the difficulty of maintaining the thin layer of silver caused its use to wane by mid-century. (Sargent 2012, p.238)
The quail, or a pair of quails, fairly often used as a motif on fine porcelain, is a symbol of courage because of its fighting qualities. (Jörg & Van Campen 1997, p.213)
For other objects, polychrome decorated with two quails, please see:
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Condition: A tiny firing flaw to the reverse rim.
References:
Jörg & Van Campen 1997, cat. 237
Price: Sold.
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Object 2011787
Covered teacup and saucer
China
1730-1740
Height of teacup 40 mm (1.57 inch), diameter of rim 60 mm (2.36 inch), diameter of footring 20 mm (0.79 inch), weight 33 grams (1.16 ounce (oz.))
Height of cover 23 mm (0.91 inch), diameter of rim 25 mm (0.98 inch), diameter of scale 55 mm (2.17 inch), weight 21 grams (0.74 ounce (oz.))
Height of saucer 19 mm (0.75 inch), diameter of rim 108 mm (4.25 inch), diameter of footring 66 mm (2.60 inch), weight 44 grams (1.55 ounce (oz.))
Covered teacup and saucer on footrings with spreading sides and rims. Decorated in 'Red & Gold' / 'Rouge-de-fer' with iron-red and gold on the glaze with a central flowering peony spray on the sides and rim a continuous floral scroll. The teacup and cover are decorated en suite. On top of the cover an orchid (Cymbidium virescens).
The flange of the saucer, the outside of the cup and of its cover are decorated with gilt Rocaille ornaments and with iron-red rims in the French Louis Quinze style. Decorative elements of the Rococo style, started in France in the 1730's, made their way astonishingly fast into Chinese export porcelain which in turn inspired the style of European porcelain. During this era, imitation and interpretation of Chinese arts and crafts fused into a special aesthetic in the decorative arts which termed Chinoiserie and was mostly combined with Rocaille decoration. (Suebsman 2019, p.94)
For an identically, shaped. sized and decorated covered teacup and saucer, please see:
The orchid (Cymbidium virescens), the Lan Hua. is a motif commonly seen on fine Chinese export porcelain of around 1740.
Condition:
Teacup: a chip to the inner rim.
Cover: two frits and two short hairlines to the rim.
Saucer: a frit to the reverse rim, a Y-shaped hairline and two short glaze-hairlines (only visible on one side) to the base.
Reference:
Price: Sold.
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Object 2010528
Saucer
China
1730-1740
Height 20 mm (0.79 inch), diameter of rim 103 mm (4.06 inch), diameter of footring 56 mm (2.21 inch)
Saucer on footring, slightly everted rim. Decorated in 'Red & Gold' or 'Rouge de Fer' with iron-red, black enamel and gold on the glaze with two "Long Eliza" figures playing with a ball in a garden landscape. The reverse is undecorated.
Condition: Perfect, fine crazing to the glaze.
Reference:
Price: Sold.
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Object 2012075
Teacup and saucer
China
c.1735
Height of teacup 37 mm (1.46 inch), diameter of rim 75 mm (2.95 inch), diameter of footring 35 mm (1.38 inch), weight 32 grams (1.13 ounce (oz.))
Height of saucer 21 mm (0.83 inch), diameter of rim 115 mm (4.53 inch), diameter of footring 66 mm (2.60 inch), weight 46 grams (1.62 ounce (oz.))
Teacup and saucer on footring, spreading sides and everted rims with six small indentations. Decorated in 'Red & Gold' / 'Rouge-de-fer' with iron-red, black and gold with a butterfly in flight in a central panel surrounded by gilded panels, filled with radiating lines incised under the glaze, and borders. The reverse is undecorated. The teacup is decorated en suite.
The indented rim is characteristic of a group of well-enamelled tea-wares of a thin, pure body produced during the Yongzheng and Qianlong reigns. (Jörg & Van Campen 1997, p.213)
For an identically shaped, sized and decorated teacup and saucer, please see:
This specific design can also be found on over-decorated wares, for an English over-decorated Chinese saucer with this design, please see:
Condition:
Teacup: A fleabite to the rim.
Saucer: A fleabite to the rim.
References:
Jörg & Van Campen 1997, cat. 237
Price: Sold.
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Object 2010990
Teapot stand / pattipan
China
1700-1710
Height 22 mm (0.86 inch), dimensions 122 mm (4.80 inch) x 122 mm (4.80 inch)
Teapot stand / pattipan or saucer dish with spreading sides on a flat unglazed base. Used as teapot or milk jug stand. Decorated in 'Red & Gold' or 'Rouge de Fer' with iron-red, black enamel and gold on the glaze. The central design consists of a single flowering chrysanthemum in a concentric band surrounded by four flowering plants. On the interior wall flowering plants and round the rim a zig-zag pattern border. The reverse is similarly decorated with flowering plants.
As early as 1728 the Dutch East India Company, (Vereenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie, VOC), "Dagh-registers" state that its ship "Coxhorn" that left Amsterdam in 1728 with destination China, returned to the Netherlands on June 13th 1730, fully loaded with tea and porcelain, among its cargo were, for instance, 810 tea pots, 251 pairs of small covered sugar-boxes and 600 pattipans. A pattipan was used to protect the surface of luxurious lacquer or painted tea tables, against the influence of a hot teapot or drops running from its spout. If, in certain circles, a special tea table was not at hand it served to protect the furniture or its valuable table-cloth from tea spots. The Dutch word "pattipan" is most likely derived from the English word "patty pan" meaning a pastry mould for little pies or pastries. These "patty pans" were very similar, in shape and size, to our "pattipannen". (Volker 1959), (Kleyn 1980, pp. 253-261)
Condition: A chip and fritted round the rim and edges, some wear, due to use, to the decoration.
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Price: Sold.
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Object 2010848
Teacup and saucer
China
1700-1720
Height of teacup 42 mm (1.65 inch), diameter of rim 67 mm (2.64 inch), diameter of footring 29 mm (1.14 inch)
Height of saucer 25 mm (0.98 inch), diameter of rim 110 mm (4.33 inch), diameter of footring 61 mm (2.40 inch))
Teacup and saucer on footrings, scalloped sides and rims. Decorated in 'Red & Gold' or 'Rouge de Fer' with iron-red, black enamel and gold on the glaze with in the centre a single flower head, on the sides flowering carnation and chrysanthemum plants connected by flower heads tied with ribbons. Round the rim a ruyi border. The reverse is undecorated. The teacup is decorated en suite.
Condition teacup: Five shallow and very tiny fleabites to the rim.
Condition saucer: Perfect.
Reference:
Price: Sold.
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Object 2011657
Teacup and saucer
China
1700-1720
Height of teacup 42 mm (1.65 inch), diameter of rim 67 mm (2.64 inch), diameter of footring 29 mm (1.14 inch)
Height of saucer 25 mm (0.98 inch), diameter of rim 110 mm (4.33 inch), diameter of footring 61 mm (2.40 inch))
Teacup and saucer on footrings, the sides with a double row of chrysanthemum petals in relief, scalloped rims. Decorated in 'Red & Gold' or 'Rouge de Fer' with iron-red and gold on the glaze with a central flower head surrounded by two clusters of flower sprays. Round the rim a floral scroll border with four small flower heads. The reverse is undecorated. The teacup is decorated en suite.
Condition teacup: Some wear to the gilt decoration and some tiny popped bubbles of glaze caused during the firing process.
Condition saucer: Some wear to the gilt decoration.
Price: Sold.
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Object 2011781
Teacup & saucer
China
1710-1730
Height of teacup 32 mm (1.26 inch), diameter of rim 65 mm (2.56 inch), diameter of footring 28 mm (1.10 inch), weight 37 grams (1.31 ounce (oz.))
Height of saucer 21 mm (0.83 inch), diameter of rim 112 mm (4.41 inch), diameter of footring 55 mm (2.16 inch), weight 69 grams (2.43 ounce (oz.))
Teacup and saucer on footrings, slightly everted rims. Decorated in 'Red & Gold' / 'Rouge-de-fer' with a light (pink-wash), iron-red and gold on the glaze with the three legged toad, Jin Chan, 金 蟾, literally "Golden Toad" surrounded by butterflies floral sprays. On the rim a ruyi border. The reverse is undecorated. The teacup is decorated en suite.
The three legged toad, Jin Chan, 金 蟾, literally "Golden Toad", is most commonly translated as "Money Toad" or "Money Frog". This mythical creature is said to appear during the full moon, near houses or businesses that will soon receive good news (most of the time, the nature of this good news is understood to be wealth-related). According to one Chinese legend, the Jin Chan was the greedy wife of one of the Eight Immortals, who was transformed into a toad as punishment for stealing the Peaches of Immortality. The Jin Chan is usually depicted as a bullfrog with red eyes, flared nostrils and only one hind leg (for a total of three legs) and is often shown in the company of the Immortal Liu Hai (刘 海). The Toad (Jin Chan) is a ‘semi immortal’ animal and relates to the immortal Liu Hai.
The three legged toad, Jin Chan, 金 蟾, literally "Golden Toad" / "Money Toad" or "Money Frog". This mythical creature is said to appear during the full moon, near houses or businesses that will soon receive good news.Note the ‘air/breath’ Jin Chan breaths out indicating a mythical magic or blessing work in action. (wikipedia / S.Fan)
In Daoist mythology the three-legged toad is said to live on the moon, which it swallows during an eclipse, this making it a symbol of the unattainable. (Jörg & Van Campen 1997, p.106, cat. 100)
The toad is the symbol of the unattainable. Evoked to obtain wealth. Symbol of Spring, of fertilising rain and luck. (Pinto de Matos 1996, p.279)
Condition:
Saucer: Some frits to the rim.
Teacup: On the rim three popped bubbles of glaze caused during the firing process, two firing tension glaze hairlines (only visible on one side) to the wall and a shallow smooth spot on the footring.
References:
Pinto de Matos 1996, p.275 & p.279
Jörg & Van Campen 1997, cat. 100
Price: Sold.
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Object 2011710
Saucer
China
1710-1730
Height 19 mm (0.75 inch), diameter of rim 110 mm (4.33 inch), diameter of footring 60 mm (2.36 inch), weight 41 grams (1.45 ounce (oz.))
Saucer on footring with a straight slightly flaring rim. Decorated in 'Red & Gold' or 'Rouge de Fer' with iron-red and gold on the glaze with a central roundel filled with a woman seated at a table on a fenced terrace looking at a little boy playing. The roundel is surrounded by three pomegranate-shaped cartouches alternately filled with a little boy riding on the back of a buffalo, a fisherman walking in a riverscape and two men fishing in shallow water. The cartouches are reserved on a golden ground decorated with various kinds of fish, shrimps, crabs, shells and two, three legged, toads. The reverse is undecorated.
The three legged toad (twice depicted on this saucer), Jin Chan, 金 蟾, literally "Golden Toad", is most commonly translated as "Money Toad" or "Money Frog". This mythical creature is said to appear during the full moon, near houses or businesses that will soon receive good news (most of the time, the nature of this good news is understood to be wealth-related). According to one Chinese legend, the Jin Chan was the greedy wife of one of the Eight Immortals, who was transformed into a toad as punishment for stealing the Peaches of Immortality. The Jin Chan is usually depicted as a bullfrog with red eyes, flared nostrils and only one hind leg (for a total of three legs) and is often shown in the company of the Immortal Liu Hai (刘 海). The Toad is a ‘semi immortal’ animal. (wikipedia / S.Fan)
In Daoist mythology the three-legged toad is said to live on the moon, which it swallows during an eclipse, this making it a symbol of the unattainable. (Jörg & Van Campen 1997, p.106, cat. 100)
For a saucer decorated with three, three legged toads, please see:
Condition: Wear to the decoration and a hairline to the rim.
References:
Jörg & Van Campen 1997, cat. 100
Price: Sold.
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Object 2010120
Saucer
China
1723-1735
Height 20 mm (0.79 inch), diameter of rim 130 mm (5.12 inch), diameter of footring 78 mm (3.07 inch)
Saucer on a footring with and a moulded, hexafoil rim. 'Gold' Imari, decorated in gold, iron-red and black with three ducks walking between shore vegetation. One duck in flight. Two grasshoppers sit on the vegetation. On the reverse three orchid (Cymbidium virescens) sprays, the Lan Hua a motif commonly seen on fine Chinese export porcelain of around 1740.
The indented rim is characteristic of a group of well-enamelled tea-wares of a thin, pure body produced during the Yongzheng and Qianlong reigns. (Jörg & Van Campen 1997, p.213)
Condition: A tiny glaze frit to the rim.
Reference:
Jörg & Van Campen 1997, cat. 237
Price: Sold.
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Object 2010744
Teacup and saucer
China
1720-1740
Height of teacup 38 mm (1.49 inch), diameter of rim 76 mm (2.99 inch), diameter of footring 30 mm (1.18 inch), weight 41 grams (1.45 ounce (oz.))
Height of saucer 20 mm (0.78 inch), diameter of rim 114 mm (4.49 inch), diameter of footring 60 mm (2.36 inch), weight 54 grams (1.90 ounce (oz.))
Teacup and saucer on footrings, spreading flat rims. Decorated in 'Red & Gold' / 'Rouge-de-fer' with iron-red and gold with flowering chrysanthemum, peony and aster plants growing from behind a fence. Round the rim a zig-zag lines pattern border. The reverse is undecorated. The teacup is decorated en suite.
For a similarly decorated, sold coffee pot, please see:
Condition:
Teacup: Wear to the gold decoration on the zig zag lines pattern border.
Saucer: A firing flaw to the footring
Price: Sold.
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