Baluster Vase with Five-Clawed Dragons on Apple Green, Gorer Plate 1911
€ 175
Original antique · The actual sheet photographed · Certificate of authenticity on request · Sold unframed · Worldwide shipping from € 15 (rates)
Date
1911
Mapmaker / artist
Edgar Gorer and J. F. Blacker
Publisher
Bernard Quaritch, 11 Grafton Street, New Bond Street, London
Coloring
Printed color
Sheet size
31 × 24 cm (12.2 × 9.4 in)
Condition
Good
Reference
BG-14405-1-29
What the condition grades mean
Excellent
Bright and clean, with no faults worth mentioning.
Very good
Only light signs of age, such as faint toning.
Good
Normal signs of age for a sheet of this period: toning, some foxing, small marks or neat old repairs.
Fair
Clear faults such as staining, tears or repairs, priced to match.
Every fault we see is written in the condition note, and the whole sheet is shown uncropped in the photos.
Condition
Even age toning. Handling soiling along the left edge. A few small foxing spots in the margin. All four corners complete.
About this sheet
An original antique color plate from Chinese Porcelain and Hard Stones, London, 1911, this sheet shows a baluster vase on a mottled apple green ground with two five-clawed dragons among flames. One dragon is yellow with aubergine horns and spines, the other aubergine with yellow beneath, both drawn in black among filleted flames with a sacred jewel on each side. Two feng-huang in the same colors decorate the neck. Gorer and Blacker describe it as Ming period and record it as from the collection formed by Richard Bennett; height 17 3/8 inches (44 cm), diameter 7 7/8 inches (20 cm).
The sheet is a plate from Chinese Porcelain and Hard Stones, published by Bernard Quaritch in 1911, written by the London dealer Edgar Gorer with J. F. Blacker and printed in color by a photo mechanical process. The work ran to two volumes and two hundred and fifty four plates in an edition of one thousand numbered copies. The plates are color collotypes, and the book records that it was produced and printed by the Menpes Printing and Engraving Company of London and Watford.
In Chinese Porcelain and Hard Stones every piece or group is given a whole page to itself, so each plate is a complete image on its own, set in a wide margin, with the printed plate number as the only lettering on the sheet.
Even age toning. Handling soiling along the left edge. A few small foxing spots in the margin. All four corners complete.
This is an original antique print, not a modern reproduction. This item is sold unframed. Any framed or interior images are shown for presentation and inspiration only, unless the listing explicitly states that the item is sold framed.
