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Chinese export porcelain ewer with mask spout after a European silver and faience form, decorated in opaque enamels from the famille rose (fencai) palette with the arms of ¿Araujo Agüeso?, Qianlong reign.

Stock Number: 4806

Large and very rare Chinese export porcelain ewer with mask spout after a European silver and faience form, decorated in gilt and in opaque enamels from the famille rose (fencai) palette with the arms of ¿Araujo Agüeso? c. 1770, Qianlong reign, Qing dynasty, h. 35,5 cm, 13¾ in. 5.8123

Illustrated: Qing Export Porcelain, by A. Varela Santos, 2015/2016, cat. 92.

Literature:

• Porcelaine de la Compagnie des Indes, by M. Beurdeley, Fribourg 1974, p. 117, colour plate XXI for two slightly different form ewers decorated with flowers in opaque enamels after Meissen;

• The Choice of the Private Trader, by D.S. Howard, Minneapolis 1994, p. 212, cat. 248 for an ewer of this form decorated with flowers.

大且珍稀的中國外銷瓷粉彩描金水壺,面具型的壺嘴乃仿歐洲銀器和彩陶器皿,紋飾為¿Araujo Agüeso?家族族徽,約1770年,清乾隆,高35.5釐米,13¾ 英吋。

插图:《清代外銷瓷》, 阿.瓦瑞拉.桑托斯, 2015/2016,目录 92。

參考文獻:

《東印度公司瓷器》,作者M. Beurdeley,弗里堡1974年出版,見第117頁圖版XXI兩只器形略有仿梅森瓷器不透明搪瓷的大口水罐;

• 《私人貿易者之選》,作者D.S. Howard,1994年明尼阿波利斯出版,參見第212頁,見編號248一帶花卉紋而器形相近的大口水罐;

•《東印度公司的瓷器》,作者M. Beurdeley, 1974年瑞士弗里堡出版,參見第117頁彩圖21 兩隻繪有粉彩花卉紋的近器。