The Helen Espir Collection - 12th November 2014
Lot 400
Two Chinese blanc de Chine octagonal beakers c.1700
Estimate £200 - £300 | Hammer £700
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Description
Two Chinese blanc de Chine octagonal beakers c.1700, each flared body moulded with a triangular leaf motif to the base of each panel, one English-decorated with vertical sprays of Oriental feathery leaves and flowers in green, red and black, and a Japanese salt moulded with petal-shaped panels and enamelled with flower sprays within gilt and red borders,7cm. (3)
Provenance: the Helen Espir Collection, nos. 374 and 904.
Illustrated: Helen Espir, European Decoration on Oriental Porcelain, p.211, pl.9.
The Kakiemon style of decoration on the Japanese salt is thought to have been the influence on blanc de Chine pieces such as the decorated beaker in this lot. Cf. European Decoration on Oriental Porcelain, pp.210-211 for similar examples and a discussion of this type of decoration, which was re-attributed from Dutch to English by Errol Manners in the Transactions of the English Ceramic Circle, Vol. 19, Part I, 2005.