Lot n° 29
Estimation :
2000 - 4000
EUR
Result with fees
Result
: 52 000EUR
CHINA, JIAQING PERIOD (1796-1820) - Lot 29
CHINA, JIAQING PERIOD (1796-1820)
Lot comprising eight plates, five large and three small, in coral-glazed porcelain on a yellow background of wufu around the "shou" character, symbol of happiness.
Jiaqing mark on the reverse of each.
D. 20 cm; D. 25 cm
(Three of the large ones damaged, two of the small ones damaged)
Provenance
Private collection of Monsieur Auguste Gérard (1852-1922), French ambassador to China (1893-1897) and Japan (1907-1913).
Then by descent to the current owner.
This lot is possibly mentioned without the exact number of cups under the name "... Imperial yellow cup" in the sixteenth line p.1 of the inventory of objects entrusted by Monsieur Auguste Gérard, French ambassador to Tokyo, to M. Paul du Toict, Bould. du Régent 25 in Brussels in 1906.
An anonymized copy of the page concerning this lot can be delivered to the buyer.
Note
Viscount Paul du Toict (1847-1909) was a member of the administrative committee of the Société Royale des Beaux-Arts de Bruxelles, which organized art exhibitions. He was also former president of the Belgian Chamber of Commerce and Industry.c
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