Marc Michot


72. Very rare  CUP   &   SAUCER . The fond-color is of very brilliant upperglaze blue tone. In the center depiction of a black-and-white dog,sitting by flowers ; surrounded by 3 leaf-shaped panels with gilt stems, showing cocks and peonies . Period :         YONGZHENG  :      1723 - 1735 . Refer.:  " China for the West ",  Howard & Ayers ,  pl.  144.             " The Book of the Famille Rose ",  G. Williamson , color plate VI. Provenance: bought at the TEFAF 2002, by Vanderven  ( label ) The special feature here is the very rare  lapis lazuli blue ground .Mentionned by David Howard in his book as " exceptional quality" . The saucer perfect , the teabowl a hairline.

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VASE  ,    TORTOISE- SHELL .          h :  22 cm.

Sexagonal shape ; composed  in 3 sections,  and 2 ringed handles on both sides. Intricately carved with floral designs on a pierced fond .

Period :     19th  Century .

The shape and the " réticulé-work"  are derived from a Famille Rose original  Qianlong vase, see " Cohen & Cohen catalogue 2007", n° 7.

This is a stunning example of Chinese artistry . Tortoise-shell is an extremely fragil material , and was very impractical in its, because the works of art  had to be produced in sections . But with the Chinese genius for using impractical materials just to meet the challenge they present to the craftsman,they did employ  tortoise shell on very rare occasion . The present vase is a  rare and splendid example of it ;  and in 100% perfect condition .

 

BOWL .       18 cm.

Very finely modelled  in lianzi shape.  On both in- and outside a yellow ground , on which are applied :  aubergine & green enamels  to  enhance floral motifs.

Aporcryf 6-charactermark in kaishu , of Jiajing  .

Period :     TRANSITIONAL  ,     ca.  1640 .

Provenance:  " Chinese Ceramics in the Carl KEMPE Collection ,  
                       B Gyllensvard  ( 1984 )  ,l.  841.

                      Bought by the previous owner  at :  Sotheby's Paris  ,
                      " Céramiques Chinoises " ,  12 /06/ 2008 , cat.  n° 2.

This is a very rare collector's item, with a famous provenance .
Perfect  condition .

Large   DISH .       36 cm.

Blue /  white.  " ombélique" model, with  middle-circle medaillon  in relief, decorated with a " court -scene" . In the middle,  the 4 flowers representing " the 4 seasons" . On the rim a continuous  scene with personnages.  

Period :        KANGXI :      1662 - 1723 .

Refer.:    A similar dish , but with slighty another theme ,was sold at : 
              " Chinese Ceramics from the Metropolitan  Museum of Art " ,
                Christie's  New York ,   15/09/2016 ,  cat.   854.

Perfect  condition .

PAIRE  OF  PLATES .       23 cm.

Octagonal  rim indented at the moulded corners.  Decorated in Famille Rose, illustratin " floating flowers & plants,  predominently " pomegranate & hibiscus " .  The design is known as " Pseudo Tobacco Leaf  " .

Period :      QIANLONG   :    ca.   1770 .

Refer.:  " China for the West " ,  Howard & Ayers , II , nrs.  555 & 556 .
            "  Chinese Ceramic Trade in the British Museum " , R. Krahl &
               J. Harrisson,  p. 143 .

Perfect  condition .

    

TEAPOT  and his  STAND . 

FAMILLE ROSE .    Very complex composition .  The decoration with petal-shaped  reserves of  a coq , a deer, a fish ,a bird .  In high relief we see 2 stems - with leaf and seed-pod - enveloping the teapot , and the stand .

Period :        early   QIANLONG :      1735 - 1790 .

Bought by the previous owner ,  by the famous late monsieur Lucien Vigneau,a very well known and famous Paris dealer, in the 60' s .

This is in 100% perfect condition . A very rare collector's set .

107.

PLATE .     Compagnie des Indes .       23 cm.

Painted in  very  bright  FAMILLE  ROSE .   The central scene depicting Apollo playing his lyre , seated beside his muse  Daphné ,in  nature . The rim with finely painted sprays of peony and chrysantemum.

Period :      YONGZHENG :  1723 - 1735 .

Refer.:  " La Porcelaine des Compagnie des Indes à décor occidental " , 
               fig. 13.62, where it is classified " Rs" = rarissime.

            " Ionides Gift to the British Museum ", in 1963 , n° 0422.22.

            " Chine de Commande ,Zeeuws Museum " ,  L. Scheurleer, 224.

            " The MILLER Collection ",  Christie's, 21/01/2016,  cat. 74.

Very rare  plate , perfect  condition .

 
              
 
Dishes in ‘Famille Rose’ Chinese porcelain

Dishes in ‘Famille Rose’ Chinese porcelain

Chinese Export porcelain : the set of 3 dishes  (28 - 26 - 23cm) rassembling the 3 designs made by Cornelius PRONK, in FAMILLE ROSE.

All decorated with a different scene after drawings of Cornelius Pronk (1691-1759). This painter and porcelain designer collaborated, between 1734-1737, with the VOC ‘Verenigde Oost-indische Compagnie’ (Dutch East Indies company) to create new decoration with specific European designs on Chinese porcelain. At the start the VOC asked the Delft workshops to produce models to send to China, but, as it was complicated and too expensive, it commissioned Cornelius Pronk to make drawings

which were reproduced in China and sent back on the « Magdalena » arriving in Amsterdam in spring 1737. He mainly made three design.
The first drawing «The lady with the umbrella », or  " La dame au Parasol "  on the left, was sent to Canton and also to Deshima. It was produced in blue/white, Famille Rose and Imari in limited amount. The ‘Famille Rose’ execution was by far the rarest and most expensive. The second one « The doctor’s visit to the Emperor », in the middle, and the third one « The harbour », on the right, was only produced in blue/white and Famille Rose. The source of inspiration of Pronk remains unknown and there are only a few other designs attributed to him.  By commissioning  C. Pronk, the VOC embarked on an expensive, experimental  endeavor that resulted in the production of some of the most extraordinary porcelains specially ordered for export to the West .  This historic agreement was the first and only one recorded of its type . Never before or since have the designs of one artist had such an effect on the China  trade .

To have 3 « Famille Rose » dishes with designs of Pronk together and in perfect condition, as it is the case here, is undoubtly  extremely rare.
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MARC MICHOT

CHINESE CERAMICS IN 2017: 

CHINESE YEAROF
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BOWL.      21 cm.

Blue /white . Finely modelled  in a shape known as " klapmuts" .  On the exterior a continuous scene illustrating 3 riders on horseback on a journey in the mountains.    Apocryf   Chenghua 6-charactermarks.

Period :        KANGXI  :     1662 - 1723 .

Perfect  condition .