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           A 'GOING TO SCHOOL' CHINESE EXPORT FAMILLE ROSE   A RARE EXPORT 'BROWN FITZHUGH' PLATTER
           MINIATURE CREAMER                                 Circa 1820
           Jiaqing, circa 1810-1815                          The oval platter decorated with four distinct clusters of flowers and
           The elegantly potted five-lobed pitcher decorated in fencai enamels   precious symbols enclosing a central double chrysanthemum under a
           depicting two European children carrying a book and basket leaving   trellis-diaper and spearhead border set off by four stylized butterflies,
           the house, their mother watching them from the door, the initials 'EC'   scattered blossoms and keyfret brackets.
           above the scene, the pitcher fitted by a small spout and u-shaped   17in (43.2cm) across
           handle, the cover decorated with a blue border band under a gilt
           peach finial.                                     $5,000 - 7,000
           4 1/8in (10.5cm) high, overall
                                                             約1820年 珍稀棕色菲茨休紋外銷瓷盤
           $600 - 1,000
                                                             Provenance:
           清嘉慶 大約1810-1815年 小件粉彩人物故事圖外銷瓷執壺                   Elinor Gordon, 1960's by repute
           The Initials 'EC' are probably those of Eliza Caldwell (1807-1885), who   來源:
           befriended President Abraham Lincoln after her marriage to Orville H.   據 Elinor Gordon 1960 年代舊藏
           Browning in 1836.
                                                             See a rare Fitzhugh armorial platter from the Manigault service sold
           Biography:                                        at Doyle New York, 3 October 2018, lot 451. The Manigault service
           China for the West by D.S. Howard and J. Ayers, London and New   example, an inch shorter across, differed only by the addition of a
           York, 1978, p. 91                                 coat-of-arms replacing the chrysanthemum at the center of the dish.
           La Porcelaine des Compagnies des Indes a Decor Occidental, by F. &   For others see also D.S. Howard, Chinese Armorial Porcelain, Vol. II,
           N. Hervouet and Y.Bruneau, p. 92                  London, 2003, p. 543.
           A Winterthur Guide to Chinese Export Porcelain by A.M. Palmer, New
           York, 1976, p. 9' for a similar child's tea set decorated with children
           play, noting "a closely related set was brought to Philadelphia from
           China by Henry Hollingsworth around 1800"


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