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A Chinese, Dehua, European-decorated ewer and cover, circa 1680-1720, the decoration slightly later image 1
A Chinese, Dehua, European-decorated ewer and cover, circa 1680-1720, the decoration slightly later image 2
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A Chinese, Dehua, European-decorated ewer and cover, circa 1680-1720, the decoration slightly later

5 July 2018, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

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A Chinese, Dehua, European-decorated ewer and cover, circa 1680-1720, the decoration slightly later

The pear-shaped body, probably decorated in Holland in 'fine line' style, depicting, on one side, a landscape scene with a bird perched on a tree with a nest and two birds below with buildings in the distance, the reverse with a pot with elaborate flowering plants on a peacock cage, the curved spout, handle and cover decorated with flowering branches, the cover with gilt-edged rim and knop, 16.5cm high (handle restuck, restoration to rim of cover) (2)

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Provenance:
Anon. sale, Sothebys London, 8 July 1969, lot 84A (purchased by Pinkus for £440)

A closely similar ewer with identical decoration is in the British Museum, Franks Collection (F.943), published by Jessica Harrison-Hall and Regina Krahl, Ancient Chinese Trade Ceramics from the British Museum (1994), no. 150; Transactions of the Oriental Ceramic Society, vol. 65 (2000), p. 112; Helen Espir, European Decoration on Oriental Porcelain 1700-1830 (2005), p. 119, ill. 6. Another ewer, decorated with armorials commemorating a 1724 marriage, has closely similar flower decoration to the cover and spout, suggesting a date for the decoration of this ewer to the early 1720s (published by Errol Manners, Dutch 'Fine Line' and German Schwarzlot Decoration, in Transactions of the Oriental Ceramic Society 65 (2001), p. 139, fig. 3, and sold from the Bernard Watney Collection, Bonhams London, 7 November 2003, lot 30).

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