Pair of Gourd Shaped Wine Ewers, Famille Verte, Antique Plate 1911
€ 205
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
Condition
Good
Reference
BG-14405-1-134
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 edge. A few small foxing spots in the margin. Slight wear at the top left and top right corners. Minor edge wear, shallow nicks along the top. Several larger brown marks.
About this sheet
An original color plate of 1911 from Gorer and Blacker's book of Chinese ceramic art, this sheet is given over to a pair of gourd-shaped wine ewers and covers with basketwork handles and spouts. Handles and spouts imitate basketwork with black swastikas; the lower bodies, one seeded green and one apple green, hold white panels of sacred objects and of plants on rocks. The upper parts have apple-green grounds with yellow scrolls, and the covers end in small lion knobs. Gorer and Blacker describe them as Early Kang-he period and record them in the collection of S. E. Kennedy, Esq.; height 8 1/2 inches (22 cm), width 6 inches (15 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 edge. A few small foxing spots in the margin. Slight wear at the top left and top right corners. Minor edge wear, shallow nicks along the top. 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.
