Chinese Export Porcelain Blue and White Porcelain 'Musicians' Dish

Chinese Export Porcelain Blue and White Porcelain 'Musicians' Dish

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Unmarked.

13 1/2 in. diam.

Literature: Ronald W. Fuchs II with David S. Howard, Made in China: Export Porcelain from the Leo and Doris Hodroff Collection at Winterthur, p. 39, no. 4.

William R. Sargent, Chinese Porcelain in the Conde Collection, Madrid, 2014, p.209

Note: One of the earliest European subject patterns made in China and based on a Nicholas Bonnart engraving titled Symphonie du tympanum, du luth et de la flute d'Allemagne, which bore a verse lauding the joys of music when all play on time, and noting how even sweeter it is when l'Amour conducts.
Condition Report: Minor wear. Presents well; a restored crescent shaped break (in three pieces) to the rim at 10 o'clock approx. 21/2 in. long; a restored rim line at 11 o'clock approx. 31/2 in. long and 1 o'clock approx. 2 in. long; there is a small restored rim chip at 8 o'clock with associated very faint rim line approx. 2 in. long; some tiny kiln speckles in the making. Otherwise in good condition.Notwithstanding this report or any discussion concerning condition of a lot, all lots are offered and sold "as is" in accordance with our conditions of sale.