KANGXI or YONGZHENG c.1710 – 1730 Chinese Export Porcelain
A Rare Kangxi or Yongzheng Famille Verte Porcelain Spice Box and Cover in the French Style After a Silver of Possibly Porcelain Model, c.1710-1730. The Top with Six Holes Made Prior to Glazing, Presumably these were made to Take European Mounts.
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- Condition
- The central divide inside the base used to separate the spices has been restored. The edges with friting.
- Size
- Length : 13.5 cm (5 1/4 inches)
- Provenance
- N/A
- Stock number
- 23194
- References
- For a related Famille Verte spice box, which is possibly fractionally later, see our `Sold Items` number 19580.
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Information
This unusual Chinese porcelain spice box and cover is based on a French silver or Porcelain original. It is known that Saint Cloud Porcelain was sent to China to be copied in hard-paste porcelain which was exported back to France. This was illustrated to us some years ago when we sold a blue and white soft-paste Saint cloud porcelain silver shape salt and a late Kangxi or Yongzheng hard-paste copy of it. The Chinese Export Porcelain copy had a face in the sun mark which was directly copied from the French original.