Pair of Large Kilins or Dogs of Fu, Ming Porcelain, Gorer 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
Sheet size
24 × 31 cm (9.4 × 12.2 in)
Condition
Good
Reference
BG-14405-1-83
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. Slight wear at the top right corner.
About this sheet
An original antique color plate from Chinese Porcelain and Hard Stones, London, 1911, this sheet shows a large pair of kilins, or dogs of Fu, male and female, on biscuit stands set on green pedestals. The male rests a paw on an embroidered ball and the female has a yellow cub reaching up to her tongue; the green bodies carry iron red flames, the manes and tails are aubergine, and the character wang, king of beasts, is on each head. The pedestals have chrysanthemums on a black scroll ground. Gorer and Blacker describe them as Ming period and record them in the collection formed by Richard Bennett; height 18 1/2 inches (46 cm), width 9 1/2 inches (24 cm).
Chinese Porcelain and Hard Stones was issued in London by Bernard Quaritch in 1911, in two large quarto volumes limited to one thousand numbered copies. Edgar Gorer and J. F. Blacker wrote the text, which runs in English and French, and the two hundred and fifty four plates were printed in color from photographs of the pieces themselves rather than drawn by hand. This sheet is one of them. 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.
Gorer and Blacker chose the showpieces of the trade: tall black ground vases, green ground beakers, figures and animals, many of them from named private collections in Britain and America. The plates are a record of Western taste in Chinese ceramics in 1911 as much as of the objects themselves.
Even age toning. Slight wear at the top right corner.
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.
