A Massive Blue And White Charger, circa 1780

Decorated with an autumn riverscape showing villa compounds on the shores, small boats in the water and flocks of geese above, the wide rim with patterned lappets trailing blossoms. 21 5/8 in. (55cm.) diameter. Estimate $6,000 - $8,000

Provenance: With Jager, Haarlem, The Netherlands (July 1965).
The collection of F. Gordon and Elizabeth Hunter Morrill, sold Doyle, New York, 16 September 2003, lot 36.

Notes: F. Gordon and Elizabeth Hunter Morrill were Americans who lived in Florence beginning in the late 1930s, establishing the Morrill Music Library at I Tatti and assembling one of the world's finest collections of early Chinese blue and white. The 2003 Morrill sale at Doyle included a magnificent mid-14th century dragon dish as well as the world record blue and white pilgrim flask, circa 1345, from the Sir Harry Garner collection.

Christie's. Chinese Export Porcelain. 21 January 2009. New York, Rockefeller Plaza. Image 2009 Christie's Ltd. www.christies.com