8th Nov, 2024 10:00
Asian Art
120
A Chinese export porcelain group
Qianlong (1736-1795), c.1740, of a couple standing, wearing blue and celadon robes, both holding a fly whisk, with a 'Santos London, 4539' label,
15.5cm high
Provenance: From the personal collection of Alberto Santos.
Alberto has been a prominent dealer in Chinese porcelain for over forty-five years, with a particular interest in export wares from the 16th to the 19th centuries. His wealth of knowledge has led to him collaborating with an international team in compiling the definitive work on Chinese porcelain ordered by the Portuguese market, of which four of five volumes have already been published.
Literature:
- The Nanking Cargo, sold at Christie’s Amsterdam in 1986, lots 5743 to 5746, for similar figures;
- 'The Geldermalsen [sunk in 1752], History and Porcelain', by C Jörg, Groningen, 1986, pp.100/101, for similar figures;
- 'Oriental Ceramics at the Cape of Good Hope, 1652-1795', by C S Woodward, Cape Town, 1974, p.47, cat. 71, for a figure of this type recovered from the wreck of Middelburg sunk in 1780;
- 'The Hatcher Porcelain Cargoes, The Complete Record (1643/46-1752)', by C Sheaf and R Kilburn, Oxford, 1988, p.157, fig.206 for a group of similar figures from the 1752 shipwreck;
- 'Chinese and Japanese Works of Art in the Collection of Her Majesty the Queen', by J Ayers, London, 2016, vol.1, pp.90/91, for a standing lady, 17.9cm high, two standing women with infants, 15.3 cm high, and two seated women holding infants, 14cm high, dated first half of the 18th century;
- 'The Cà Mao Shipwreck [c.1725] Porcelain from the Collection of Dr Zelnik', cover with a pair of standing figures: she is holding a fan and decorated in underglaze cobalt blue, whilst he is decorated in underglaze pale green.
清乾隆 外销青花人物立像
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Items of from the personal collection of renowned dealer Alberto Santos - all fit for the Royal collection – are included in our 8 November Asian art auction. Alberto has been dealing in Chinese porcelain since 1979 and – while his stock covers the full range of Chinese porcelain of the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties – he has a particular fondness for export wares from the 16th to the 19th centuries.
Condition Report
Restoration to all hands and top of her hairdress and hair pin.
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Auction: Asian Art, 8th Nov, 2024
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Friday 1 November, 10am - 4pm
Saturday 2 November, 10am - 1pm
Sunday 3 November, 10am - 1pm
Monday 4 November, 10am - 4pm
Tuesday 5 November, 10am - 4pm
Wednesday 6 November, 10am - 4pm
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