Important South African Art, Furniture, Silver and Ceramics

Live Auction, 26 September 2011

Furniture, Silver, Ceramics and Paintings Day Sale

Sold for

ZAR 42 332
Lot 123
  • A rare Chinese 'Cape of Good Hope' tea bowl and saucer, Qianlong, circa 1740


Lot Estimate Change Currency
ZAR 25 000 - 35 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 42 332
Auction Catalogue

About this Item

A rare Chinese 'Cape of Good Hope' tea bowl and saucer, Qianlong, circa 1740

Notes

Woodward discusses Chinese porcelain decorated with shipping in the roadstead at Table Bay, for which the original designs given to the Chinese enamellers have not yet been identified.

Further examples are also held in the William Fehr Collection at The Castle, Cape Town

Literature

cf. CS Woodward, Oriental Ceramics at the Cape of Good Hope, 1652-1795, AA Balkema, Cape Town, 1974, between pages 116 and 117, colour plate E, where a similar example belonging to the Africana Museum is illustrated



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