A Kangxi gilt-decorated powder-blue ewer, China, with later Ottoman metal mounts, 18th century
Lot 205. A Kangxi gilt-decorated powder-blue ewer, China, with later Ottoman metal mounts, 18th century. Estimate 5,000 — 7,000 GBP. Photo Sotheby's.
decorated in gilt around the body on a blue ground with floral blossoms and spider webs, the crescent-moon shaped mouth with hinged metal lid topped with red stone, the spout with a long silver mount and dragon-head terminal, both with tughra stamps; 31.3cm.
Note: This ewer is of a type known to have been made in China for the export market as distinguished by its Persian form. In this case, it is interesting to note that it ended up in the Ottoman Empire as indicated by the metal mounts stamped with tughras.
A similar example is in the Museum Anastacio Gonçalves in Lisbon (inv. CMAG 330).
Ewer, Qing dynasty, 1720-1730, CMAG 330. Casa-Museu Dr. Anastácio Gonçalves © Direção-Geral do Património Cultural.
Sotheby's. Arts of the Islamic World, Londres, 20 avr. 2016, 10:30 AM.
Lot 254. Paire d'aiguières en porcelaine d'export bleu poudré à décor à l'or, Chine, dynastie Qing, vers 1720-1730. Estimate 4,000 — 6,000 EUR. Lot vendu 10,000 EUR, le 18 novembre 2013. Photo: Sotheby's.
la panse globulaire, l'embouchure en croissant, le bec verseur légèrement arqué, orné de fleurettes sur fond de treillage, la monture et le couvercle en cuivre doré et ciselé; haut. 34 cm ; 13 3/4 in.
Lot 256. Aiguière en porcelaine d'export bleu poudré à décor à l'or, Chine, dynastie Qing, XVIIIème siècle. Estimation 3,000 — 5,000 EUR. Lot vendu 9,000 EUR, le 18 novembre 2013. Photo: Sotheby's.
piriforme, l'embouchure en croissant, le bec verseur légèrement arqué, à décor de fleurs sur fond treillage, la dorure partiellement effacée, monture et couvercle en cuivre doré à décor ciselé, munis d'une chaînette; haut. 34 cm ; 13 1/4 in.
Provenance: Sotheby's Londres, The Turkish sale, 17 octobre 1997, n°123