Sebastian Kuhn
Department Director
Lot 44
A European-decorated Chinese porcelain teapot and cover, circa 1700, the decoration 1720-30
14 June 2017, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £3,750 inc. premium
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Nette Megens
Head of Department, Director
Sophie von der Goltz
Head of Sale
A European-decorated Chinese porcelain teapot and cover, circa 1700, the decoration 1720-30
The small pot with flowering prunus branches in relief, the polychrome decoration applied in Holland in 'fine line' style, depicting a naturalistic grassy base with two hounds chasing a stag, centrally placed under the straight spout, the prunus branches decorated to resemble elaborate flowering trees 12cm high (spout restored) (2)
Footnotes
Provenance:
Italian Private Collection
For a discussion of decoration in 'fine-line' style see H. Espir, European Decoration on Oriental Porcelain (2005), pp.115-127. The author links the dating of this small group of finely painted pieces to two chocolate cups and saucers that were in the collection of Augustus the Strong before 1721 (op.cit. fig.1). The European style of flower and animal decoration, in this case a stag hunt, follows examples found on 17th century prints.
