Three Chinese export porcelain 'lotus' tea wares 18th century
Comprising a cream jug and cover, tea caddy and cover, and spoon rest; sold together with a Chinese export puce-decorated coffee cup and saucer with a Dutch fisherman on a riverbank after 'Le Pêcheur' by Abraham Bloemaert (5).
Provenance: Philip Suval, Inc., Frederickburg, Virginia, September 7, 1999 (jug); Matthew & Elisabeth Sharpe Antiques, Conshohocken, Pennsylvania (label); Sallea Antiques, New Canaan, Connecticut, November 7, 1997 (caddy); Sloan's Bethesda, Maryland, December 11-13, 1998, lot 1179 (spoon rest);Elinor Gordon Chinese Export Porcelain, Villanova, Pennsylvania (cup and saucer) (label)
Estate of a Washington, D.C. collector (all)
Comprising a cream jug and cover, tea caddy and cover, and spoon rest; sold together with a Chinese export puce-decorated coffee cup and saucer with a Dutch fisherman on a riverbank after 'Le Pêcheur' by Abraham Bloemaert (5).
H: 5 1/2 in. (tallest)
Provenance: Philip Suval, Inc., Frederickburg, Virginia, September 7, 1999 (jug); Matthew & Elisabeth Sharpe Antiques, Conshohocken, Pennsylvania (label); Sallea Antiques, New Canaan, Connecticut, November 7, 1997 (caddy); Sloan's Bethesda, Maryland, December 11-13, 1998, lot 1179 (spoon rest);Elinor Gordon Chinese Export Porcelain, Villanova, Pennsylvania (cup and saucer) (label)
Estate of a Washington, D.C. collector (all)
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Comprising a cream jug and cover, tea caddy and cover, and spoon rest; sold together with a Chinese export puce-decorated coffee cup and saucer with a Dutch fisherman on a riverbank after 'Le Pêcheur' by Abraham Bloemaert (5).
Provenance: Philip Suval, Inc., Frederickburg, Virginia, September 7, 1999 (jug); Matthew & Elisabeth Sharpe Antiques, Conshohocken, Pennsylvania (label); Sallea Antiques, New Canaan, Connecticut, November 7, 1997 (caddy); Sloan's Bethesda, Maryland, December 11-13, 1998, lot 1179 (spoon rest);Elinor Gordon Chinese Export Porcelain, Villanova, Pennsylvania (cup and saucer) (label)
Estate of a Washington, D.C. collector (all)
Comprising a cream jug and cover, tea caddy and cover, and spoon rest; sold together with a Chinese export puce-decorated coffee cup and saucer with a Dutch fisherman on a riverbank after 'Le Pêcheur' by Abraham Bloemaert (5).
H: 5 1/2 in. (tallest)
Provenance: Philip Suval, Inc., Frederickburg, Virginia, September 7, 1999 (jug); Matthew & Elisabeth Sharpe Antiques, Conshohocken, Pennsylvania (label); Sallea Antiques, New Canaan, Connecticut, November 7, 1997 (caddy); Sloan's Bethesda, Maryland, December 11-13, 1998, lot 1179 (spoon rest);Elinor Gordon Chinese Export Porcelain, Villanova, Pennsylvania (cup and saucer) (label)
Estate of a Washington, D.C. collector (all)
