Exceptional part tea set decorated with Kronborg Castle for the Danish market. Yongzheng

A topographical Chinese export porcelain teapot and cup and saucer depicting numerous Danish merchant ships moored offshore Kronborg Castle in Denmark—a scene copied directly from an engraving by Johann August Corvinus from a series of six prints published c. 1718 titled “Vorstellung Der Remarqabelsten Prospecten in Denemarken,” depicting six of the most remarkable scenes in […]

A massive Chinese armorial pot-à-oille for the French market. Yongzheng

Decorated in the famille rose palette with a wide and ornate frieze of fruit and flowers, a serrated frieze, emblazoned with the coat of arms of the Jubert de Bouville. Quarterly: 1 and 4, azure, a cross couped or; 2 and 3, azure, five spearheads argent, three and two; and Guyot, Quarterly: 1 and 4, […]