18C Chinese Porcelain Lidded Jars ‘Encre de Chine’
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Condition Report:
RARITY; 18C Chinese Porcelain Lobbed Jars + Lid in Encre de chine/Sepia/Grisaille style. Stunning quality pieces and never seens before in lobbed version. Condition is very good. Decorated with a central scene of a crowned figure seated on a cloud beside a peacock, holding a scepter and wreath
A special family of porcelain is pieces decorated in “black and white”. They appeared by the 1740’s as “Jesuit china” and seems to have stayed in vogue until the 1780’s. This group is also called encre de chine or en grisaille. The sources for the decorations were during it early part black and white engravings or book illustrations with romantic, mythological or religious themes. Pieces with this kind of decoration are rare and most decorations are known under the names of their decoration.
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