Very Large Chinese Porcelain Jar and Cover with Deer and Cranes, Plate 1911
€ 195
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-14405-1-124
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. A few small foxing spots in the margin. All four corners complete.
About this sheet
This is Plate 124 from Chinese Porcelain and Hard Stones, an original 1911 color plate of Chinese porcelain showing one of a pair of very large jars or vases and covers, shown on a tall gilt metal stand. On a white ground two deer stand in a fenced enclosure beneath a peach tree in flower and fruit, with a crane perched on the trunk looking at another outside the fence, amid rocks, peonies, birds and ling-chih. A very wide mosaic border with white panels of sacred objects runs on the shoulder and is repeated on the cover, which is surmounted by a gilt dog of Fu; the authors describe the palette as soft tints of red, blue, brown and green with Chinese ink and gold. Gorer and Blacker describe it as Kang-he period; height 4 feet 6 3/4 inches (139 cm) without the stand, diameter 1 foot 7 inches (48 cm).
The plate comes from Chinese Porcelain and Hard Stones, the two volume work that Edgar Gorer and J. F. Blacker published through Bernard Quaritch of 11 Grafton Street, New Bond Street, London, in 1911. Two hundred and fifty four full page plates were printed in color by a photo mechanical process, each one facing a page of letterpress in English and French that described the piece. The edition was limited to 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.
Each sheet shows a single piece or group photographed against a plain ground, at a consistent scale and format throughout the book, with the plate number printed in red below. The book's text, which faced each plate, gives the authors' description, the period they assigned and the collection the piece was in.
Even age toning. 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.
