Pair of 18th Century Chinese Export Porcelain Covered Urns, with pistol handles and landscape cameo decoration.
Height 15 in.
Pair of 18th Century Chinese Export Porcelain Casseroles with Covers and Stands, with underglaze blue and gilt decoration.
Diameter of Stand 8 in.
Late 18th Century Chinese Export Oval Serving Dish, with underglaze blue border, polychrome and gilt crest.
10 ¾ in x 13 ½ in.
18th Century Chinese Export Porcelain Pierced Chestnut Basket, with cover and cross woven handles, bearing two paper labels on base one reading “Leo and Doris Hodroff Collection/2306” and the other “The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, No. L75.151.25ab, Lent By Hodroff”
Height 8 ¼ in. Diameter 10 ¼ in.
Note: “This form Probably originated from the English creamware patterns, but the hand-cut piercing is Chinese in design. With centerpieces and fruit baskets, these baskets formed a part of the new ‘ritual’ of eating fruit in the late 18th century. It is likely that this shape was ordered as part of a dessert service.” Source David S. Howard, The Choice of the Private Trader, Zwemmer, 1994.
Literature: Illustrated p. 139, David S. Howard, The Choice of the Private Trader, Zwemmer, 1994.
Provenance: The Sandra P. Doubleday Collection;
Removed from 28 Easton Street, Nantucket
(to be sold as separate lots)
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