Chinese export porcelain tea-bowl and saucer, possibly London, 18th century

A Chinese export porcelain European tea-bowl and saucer,…
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A Chinese export porcelain European tea-bowl and saucer, possibly London decorated in the atelier of James Giles, painted after David Teniers with a woman drinking and the saucer with a man smoking a pipe, the porcelain Qianlong period 18th century, the English decoration circa 1768. Provenance: Robyn Robb London 2011 (11,500 pounds sold together with a Worcester cup which is lot in this auction). Robert Burke collection no's 231//233. A service in this pattern was supplied made up from from Worcester and Chinese porcelain. See the Worcester cup with Chinese saucer in the Marshall collection Ashmolean Museum Oxford, illustrated in Marshall H Rissik, Coloured Worcester Porcelain of the First Period, 1751-1783 colour plate 9. tea-bowl 7.2 cm diameter, 4.2 cm high, saucer 12 cm diameter

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  • Atelier - Atelier (French for "workshop"), in English usuage describes the workshop of an artist in the fine or decorative arts, where the artist and a number of assistants, students and apprentices worked together producing pieces that went out in the artists name. This was the standard practice for European artists from the Middle Ages to the 18th or 19th century
  • Circa - A Latin term meaning 'about', often used in the antique trade to give an approximate date for the piece, usually considered to be five years on either side of the circa year. Thus, circa 1900 means the piece was made about 1900, probably between 1895 and 1905. The expression is sometimes abbreviated to c.1900.

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