Live Auction 2838The Decorative Arts Sale incl. Fine Paintings
An extensive Meissen porcelain kakiemon 'Quail' pattern composite part dinner service
Lot 356 The Property of Mr Ch. M. van Beuningen

An extensive Meissen porcelain kakiemon 'Quail' pattern composite part dinner service

CIRCA 1740-1765, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK, VARIOUS IMPRESSED NUMERALS

Closed1 July 2010

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EUR 140,000–180,000

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An extensive Meissen porcelain kakiemon 'Quail' pattern composite part dinner service
Circa 1740-1765, blue crossed swords mark, various impressed numerals
Painted with two quails beside a flowering branch of prunus and blooming shrubs, within gilt-line and brown-line rims, comprising: A pair of oval tureens, covers and stands, the stands 43 cm. wide
A pair of small oval tureens, covers and stands, the stands 34.5 cm. wide
A pair of lobed bowls, 23.9 cm. wide
A pair of two-handled butter-tubs and covers, 15.5 cm. wide
A pair of oval side dishes, 22.5 cm. wide
Four oblong quatrefoil serving dishes, 40 cm. wide
A pair of oblong octagonal serving dishes, 40.7 cm. wide
Three circular dishes, 42.5 cm. diam.
Four circular dishes, 34 cm. diam. Sixteen plates, 29.2 cm. diam. Eight dinner plates, 25.5 cm. diam. Sixty-nine dinner plates, 23.2 cm. diam.
Eighteen soup plates, 23 cm. diam.
A teapot and cover, 11.5 cm. high
A milk-jug and cover, 14.5 cm. high
A sugar-bowl and cover, 10.5 cm. high
A spoon-rest, 17.4 cm. wide
A bowl, 16 cm. diam.
Twelve teacups
Six coffee-cups
Fifteen saucers
One small saucer
Six finger-bowls
Together with a pair of similarly decorated later sauce-boats and stands, unmarked, the stands 23 cm. wide; and a pair of plates on high foot, unmarked, 21.5 cm. diam. (189)

Acquired in 1878 by Mr H.A. van Beuningen;
By descent to Mr W. van Beuningen in 1908;
By descent to Mrs Ch. E. van Beuningen- Fentener van Vlissingen in 1948;
By descent to Mr Ch. M. van Beuningen in 1976.

Specialist note

In the 1720s and 1730s the Meissen factory started to produce porcelain with patterns inspired by or copied from patterns found on Chinese and Japanese porcelain. August the Strong (Germany, 1670-1733), a great connoisseur of Asian porcelain, was the driving force behind this and his Japanese Kakiemon collection was used for inspiration. Various Japanese-inspired Kakiemon decorations of tigers, birds, flowers, phoenix and shishi lions are known. For a discussion of his style and decoration, its origins in Chinese art and the influence of the Arita export wares at Meissen, see Masako Shono, Japanisches Aritaporzellan im sogenannten 'Kakiemonstil' als Vorbild für die Meissener Porzellanmanifaktur, Munich, 1973, pp. 27-28 and pls. 37-38.