FINE AND RARE FAMILLE ROSE WINE COOLER
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
Auction: 21 June 2016 at 11:00 BST
Description
with cylindrical sides below a raised band around the foot and another one just below the mouth, set with two animal mask handles, painted in the famille rose palette with two groups of antiques (bo gu) between sprays of fruits and flowers, all above bands of waves and circles around the foot and beneath a turquoise diaper band around the mouth
Dimensions
22.8cm wide
Footnote
Note:
The form is based on that of silver wine coolers produced by Hugenot silversmiths in England and France in the first half of the 18th century.
For porcelain coolers of this form, see Ancient Chinese Trade Ceramics from Musée Royaux d'Art et d'Histoire, Bruxelles, p. 86, dated 1700-20, decorated in the famille verte palette; and Beurdeley: Porcelain of the East India Companies, cat. 187, p. 193, decorated with the Arms of France.