CHINESE BLUE & WHITE PORCELAIN 'LOTUS' JAR, Kangxi, of slender ovoid form, painted with continuous frieze of densely scrolling lotus, beneath diaper collar, short tapering neck, base with 6-character Chenghua mark in a double circle, gold wax Duveen seal, 16cms high Provenance: J. M. Duveen & Sons, Liverpool; private collection, consigned via our Cardiff office Auctioneer's Note: Legendary Dutch dealer Joseph Duveen set up shop in Hull in 1866, followed by Liverpool, and eventually as his empire grew, in London, Paris and finally New York, where his dealership was patronised by the millionaire elite of American society. His canny marketing ensured that the collecting of antique blue and white delft, Chinese Kangxi porcelain and Old master paintings became extremely fashionable, and he dominated the art market around the turn of the 19th Century. Cf. Duveen: The Story of the Most Spectacular Art Dealer of All Time, by S. N. Behrman, London, Hamish Hamilton, 1952 and J. H. Duveen, The Rise of the House of Duveen, London, Longmans, 1957. Condition Report: hairline cracks to neck.
CHINESE BLUE & WHITE PORCELAIN 'LOTUS' JAR, Kangxi, of slender ovoid form, painted with continuous frieze of densely scrolling lotus, beneath diaper collar, short tapering neck, base with 6-character Chenghua mark in a double circle, gold wax Duveen seal, 16cms high Provenance: J. M. Duveen & Sons, Liverpool; private collection, consigned via our Cardiff office Auctioneer's Note: Legendary Dutch dealer Joseph Duveen set up shop in Hull in 1866, followed by Liverpool, and eventually as his empire grew, in London, Paris and finally New York, where his dealership was patronised by the millionaire elite of American society. His canny marketing ensured that the collecting of antique blue and white delft, Chinese Kangxi porcelain and Old master paintings became extremely fashionable, and he dominated the art market around the turn of the 19th Century. Cf. Duveen: The Story of the Most Spectacular Art Dealer of All Time, by S. N. Behrman, London, Hamish Hamilton, 1952 and J. H. Duveen, The Rise of the House of Duveen, London, Longmans, 1957. Condition Report: hairline cracks to neck.
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