FINE CERAMICS AND WORKS OF ART
Royal Splendour
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A
Highly Important and Extremely Fine and Rare Chelsea Peach-shaped Cup and
Stand, each piece formed with the outline of an asymmetrical peach with a
cut stalk, superbly decorated in the kakiemon palette with the ‘Lady in
a Pavilion’ pattern, in tones of very light sea green, red and yellow
and blue details, showing a court lady walking out on a verandah
underneath a tasselled canopy with two birds flying from domed cages.
Circa 1749-52.
Height of cup: 21⁄4 ins. (6 cms.)
Length of Saucer: 51⁄2 ins. (14 cms)
No Marks
This
wonderfully proportioned shape illustrates beautifully Chelsea’s mastery
of the Chinoiserie form as the shape is copied from the Chinese blanc de
chine forms of the late seventeenth century, the peach being emblematic of
fortune and good luck. The pattern itself is taken from the Japanese
Kakiemon porcelain circa 1700 see the example of a decagonal teabowl and
saucer from Burghley House illustrated in Porcelain for Palaces, the
fashion for Japan in Europe, no. 127, also 328 for a similar highly
important and very rare cup and saucer. Normally however the pattern is
found on hexagonal beakers and saucers, teapots and fluted round dishes.
The Bow manufactory also produced this pattern see 327 (op. cit.) for a
dish, from the