CHINA - Lot 404

CHINA Oval covered sugar bowl, tray and spoon in rocaille porcelain decorated in bianco sopra bianco with flowers and polychrome decoration in famille rose enamels of a cornak riding an Indian elephant in a landscape in three oval reserves, shells on the edges, the fruit-shaped handle. 18th century, Qianlong period (1735-1796), circa 1780. L.: of the tray: 22 x 18 cm. Restored crack on the body, the spoon restored. Bibliography For these similarly decorated pieces see The Jay Dorf Collection of Chinese Export porcelain, Christie's, October 17, 1966, lots 134-135-136; Yang-ts'ai: The Foreign Colors, Rose Porcelains of the Ch'ing Dynasty, H.A. CrosForbes, 1982 Milton, MA, p. 44, no. 78 for a plate; Collecting Chinese Export Porcelain, E. Gordon, 1978, p. 83, cat 71 for a dish; Chinese Export Porcelains from the Collection of Dr. andMrs. HaroldL. Tonkin, O.K. Preisner, Pennsylvania State University 1980, p. 16, no. 34 for a dish; Chinese Export Porcelain from the Reeves Collection at the Washington andLee University, Lexington, Virginia, USA 1973, p. 11, no. 26, fig. 10, for a plate; Oriental Lowestoft, Chinese Export Porcelain, J.A. Lloyd-Hyde, New York 1936, plate XII,fig. 33 for a dish.