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17th/18th century
Comprising: a lotus leaf-form washer and water dropper, the deep foliated vessel set on three feet, applied with a small crab to the interior; a tazza, with moulded bracket lobed rim, the stemmed foot moulded with bands of lotus petals; a compressed bowl and openwork stand; a small teapot and cover moulded with prunus blossom, a blossom spray and radiating petals to the cover; and a further teapot moulded with trailing, leafy branches.
The tazza: 16.3cm (6 3/8in) diam. (7).
Footnotes
十七/十八世紀 德化窯器皿一組
Provenance: Acquired from R & G McPherson Antiques, London, 2006 (the lotus leaf washer)(collector's notes)
Dr Carl Kempe (1884-1967), catalogue no.589 (the tazza)(collector's notes)
Acquired from R & G McPherson Antiques, London, November 2008 (the tazza)(collector's notes)
: Bo Gyllensvärd, , Stockholm, 1964, no.589
M. White, , vol. 4, n.p., 2023, p.174 (the lotus leaf washer)
Dr. Carl Kempe (1884-1967) was a prominent Swedish industrialist who served as the CEO of Mo och Domsjö AB, a leading company in the Swedish pulp and paper industry. Dr. Kempe resided at Ekolsund, a historic former Swedish royal palace, where he also maintained his distinguished art collection. As an early and active member of the Oriental Ceramic Society, he amassed one of the finest European collections of Chinese art assembled in the mid-twentieth century.