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A LARGE CHINESE EXPORT 'US FLAG-SHIP MAN-OF-WAR' A VERY RARE CHINESE EXPORT TEAPOT AND COVER WITH
MUG THE AMERICAN GREAT SEAL
Late Qianlong Period, circa 1790 Jiajing Period, circa 1800
The impressive cylindrical mug decorated in opaque 'famille rose' The cylindrical teapot decorated with the Great Seal of the United
enamels with an Eight-star American flag on a man-of-war ship, the States, the open wing eagle with a vertical striped shield body, the
gilt rim set off by a blue enamel and egg-and-dart rim, double strap ribbon inscribed 'E Pluribus Unum' under a ring of stars framed by the
handle. rays of the sun, the opposite side monogrammed 'CVL' under a blue
5 1/3in (14cm) high; 4 1/4in (11cm) diam border, the vessel fitted with a long spout and double-strapped handle,
the blue border bands repeated near the rim and the vessel and cover,
$5,000 - 7,000 mounted with a gilt acorn finial.
5 7/8in (15cm) high, overall; 10in (25.4cm) across (2).
清乾隆晚期 約1790年 美國戰船圖外銷瓷杯
$2,000 - 4,000
Provenance:
Ben Edwards Collection, Saint Louis, USA, no. 3191 清嘉慶 約1800年 珍罕美國國徽紋外銷瓷茶壺
Henry Moog Collection, Atlanta, USA
Illustrated:
來源： Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art by Varela Santos, 2018/2019, cat.
美國聖路易斯市 Ben Edwards 藏，藏品編號 3191 77
美國亞特蘭大市 Henry Moog 藏
出版：
Literature: Varela Santos 著， Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art，2018/2019，
Porcelaine de la Compagnie des Indes, by M. Beurdeley, Fribourg 圖版編號 77
1974, p.166, cat. 61 for a similar but smaller mug;
Chinese Export Porcelain, by J.M. Mudge, University of Delaware Literature:
Press 1962, pp. 166/7, for different pieces with the same decoration China for America, by Herbert, Peter and Nancy Chiffer. Exton,
but not a mug; Pennsylvania 1980, p. 19 for a bowl with the same decoration but
Chinese Export Porcelain from the Reeves Collection at the possibly without a monogram; p. 123 for the inside of a bowl showing
Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Virginia, USA 1973, p. the same eagle but without the ribbon; pp. 124-129 for other eagles
40, color plate VIII for a similar mug but with the inscription "Saturday with slight differences, some with monograms such as LES, IHNEA, DL
Night" Chinese Export Porcelain in the Reeves Centre Collection at the
Oriental Lowestoft, Chinese Export Porcelain, by J.A. Lloyd-Hyde, New Washington and Lee University, by T. V. Litzenburg and A. T. Bailey,
York 1936, plate XXIII, cat. 89/92 for various pieces with the American Washington 2003, 267-271 for a variation of the eagle
flag. Chinese Export Porcelain for the American Trade 1785-1835, by J.M.
Mudge, Delaware, 1962, reprint of 1961, pp. 83-84 for more variations
Illustrated of the American Eagle
Qing Export Porcelain, by A. Varela Santos, 2015/2016, cat. 117. Chinese Porcelain at the Elvehjem Museum of Art, University of
Wisconsin-Madison by C.C. Brawer, Hong Kong 1992, pp. 88-92 for
more versions of the American Eagle
From Brant point to Boca Tigris, Nantucket and the China Trade, by
M.A. Jehle and introduction by C.L. Crossman, Nantucket, 1994, p.
58, cat. 15 from a partial tea set with an identical eagle
Porcelaine de la Compagnie des Indes by M. Beurdeley, Friboug,
1974, p. 205, cat. 219 for a similar teapot with initials T.S. dated 1795
Chinese Export Art at Historic Deerfield, by A.E. Lange, Deerfield,
Massachusetts, 2005, pp. 254-255, cat. 107 for a platter with a
slightly different seal

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