An unusual and rare wineglass cooler 'Monteith Bowl'
Lot-No. 92
Proceeds : 11.100 €
China, Kangxi-period (1662-1722). Porcelain with blue painting. Large bowl, the rim with 8 lobed semi-circles. In the centre a large circular reserve with blossoming prunus branch on a rock. The wall with revolving floral reserves. The pinnacle-like mouth with star-grid and swastika underground (min. rest.). Stylised two-character mark within double-circle. H. 14 cm, diam. 32 cm. - The characteristic shape of this type derives from European models made of silver or pewter. Those vessels bore a high resemblance to the cloak's hem of a Scot named 'Monteith', which led to the common name. At the beg. of the 18th cent. the shape inspired Chinese porcelain manufactories and exquisite blue-and-white examples were made. See:Le Corbeiller, China Trade Porcelain: Patterns of Exchange, New York 1974, S. 36f. Compare the present piece to a nearly identical example in the coll. of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Inv. no. 1978.503.
An unusual and rare wineglass cooler 'Monteith Bowl'
An unusual and rare wineglass cooler 'Monteith Bowl'
Lot-No. 92
Proceeds : 11.100 €
China, Kangxi-period (1662-1722). Porcelain with blue painting. Large bowl, the rim with 8 lobed semi-circles. In the centre a large circular reserve with blossoming prunus branch on a rock. The wall with revolving floral reserves. The pinnacle-like mouth with star-grid and swastika underground (min. rest.). Stylised two-character mark within double-circle. H. 14 cm, diam. 32 cm. - The characteristic shape of this type derives from European models made of silver or pewter. Those vessels bore a high resemblance to the cloak's hem of a Scot named 'Monteith', which led to the common name. At the beg. of the 18th cent. the shape inspired Chinese porcelain manufactories and exquisite blue-and-white examples were made. See:Le Corbeiller, China Trade Porcelain: Patterns of Exchange, New York 1974, S. 36f. Compare the present piece to a nearly identical example in the coll. of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Inv. no. 1978.503.
