Kang-he Jar and Cover with Elephant, Kilin and Lion Panels, Plate 1911
€ 185
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-14405-1-106
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 bottom and right edges. Scattered light foxing in the margin. All four corners complete. Several larger brown marks.
About this sheet
This is Plate 106 from Chinese Porcelain and Hard Stones, an original 1911 color plate of Chinese porcelain showing a very large cylindro-ovoid jar and cover with three white animal panels on an apple green chrysanthemum brocade ground. One panel shows a green elephant before a weeping willow and balustrade, the others a winged dragon or kilin and a lion with a brocaded ball. Lotus petal bands and lambrequins frame the panels, and a green and yellow lion sits on the cover. Gorer and Blacker describe it as Kang-he period and record it in the collection of Peter Ralli; height 22 inches (56 cm), diameter 13 1/4 inches (34 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 bottom and right edges. Scattered light foxing in the margin. All four corners complete. Several larger brown marks.
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.
