A CHINESE EXPORT PORCELAIN 'TOBACCO LEAF' ASSEMBLED PART DINNER SERVICE...
Richly enameled in the classic pattern showing bright pink hibiscus and small blossoms against large, colorful overlapping leaves, all in famille rose enamels and underglaze blue with gilt highlights, the tureen knops as lotus flowers, comprising:
A quatrefoil tureen and cover with lotus handles
A sauce tureen and cover
A sauceboat
A shallow circular bowl
A circular charger
Eight graduated oval platters with scalloped rims
Eighteen dinner plates
A tea-caddy and silver cover
Two teabowls
181⁄4 in. (46.2 cm.) long, the largest platter
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 23 January 2001, lot 234 (two plates).
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 19-20 April 2001, lot 188 (part, one plate).
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 22 January 2005, lot 103 (ten plates).
Property from the Estate of Laurance Rockefeller; Sotheby's, New York, 11 October 2005, lot 531 (the second largest platter).
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 18 January 2018, lot 535 (the two plates and single plate mentioned above).
The Collection of Richard Melon Scaife; Christies, New York, 1 July 2015, lot 84 (the shallow bowl).
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Richly enameled in the classic pattern showing bright pink hibiscus and small blossoms against large, colorful overlapping leaves, all in famille rose enamels and underglaze blue with gilt highlights, the tureen knops as lotus flowers, comprising:
A quatrefoil tureen and cover with lotus handles
A sauce tureen and cover
A sauceboat
A shallow circular bowl
A circular charger
Eight graduated oval platters with scalloped rims
Eighteen dinner plates
A tea-caddy and silver cover
Two teabowls
181⁄4 in. (46.2 cm.) long, the largest platter
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 23 January 2001, lot 234 (two plates).
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 19-20 April 2001, lot 188 (part, one plate).
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 22 January 2005, lot 103 (ten plates).
Property from the Estate of Laurance Rockefeller; Sotheby's, New York, 11 October 2005, lot 531 (the second largest platter).
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 18 January 2018, lot 535 (the two plates and single plate mentioned above).
The Collection of Richard Melon Scaife; Christies, New York, 1 July 2015, lot 84 (the shallow bowl).