22nd Nov, 2023 11:00
European Works of Art
17
‡ A RARE WORCESTER SAUCER, CIRCA 1776-80
brightly painted with a Chinese fisherman standing beside a lobster pot holding a fish in his right hand, a tree and rocks behind him and buildings in the distance, 14.5cm diameter
Provenance: a Swiss Private Collection of English Porcelain; The Sir Jeremy Lever Collection, sold Bonhams, London, 7 March 2007, lot 85; The Zorensky Collection, sold Bonhams, London, Part III, 22 February 2006, lot 70; The Nina Weil Collection
Literature: Simon Spero & John Sandon, 'Worcester Porcelain, 1751-1790, The Zorensky Collection', Woodbridge, 1996, Fig.168
It has been postulated that this may have been made to replace a piece from a Chinese Yongzheng service, since it is rare to find a piece of this kind without a border design at this period.
Sold for £180
brightly painted with a Chinese fisherman standing beside a lobster pot holding a fish in his right hand, a tree and rocks behind him and buildings in the distance, 14.5cm diameter
Provenance: a Swiss Private Collection of English Porcelain; The Sir Jeremy Lever Collection, sold Bonhams, London, 7 March 2007, lot 85; The Zorensky Collection, sold Bonhams, London, Part III, 22 February 2006, lot 70; The Nina Weil Collection
Literature: Simon Spero & John Sandon, 'Worcester Porcelain, 1751-1790, The Zorensky Collection', Woodbridge, 1996, Fig.168
It has been postulated that this may have been made to replace a piece from a Chinese Yongzheng service, since it is rare to find a piece of this kind without a border design at this period.
Auction: European Works of Art, 22nd Nov, 2023
