The transitional period between Ming dynasty and early qing silver mouth about 17 century decorative porcelain ewer

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– Germany’s private collection, generation of inheritance.
– the city of Oxford ASHLEY Maureen Museum (Ashmolean Museum) curator private collection, acquired in the 1960 s.
refer to: Jorg
– C.J.A. catalogue written in the eastern China and the Netherlands: the Interaction between East and West, the 17th century (Oriental Porcelain and the Netherlands. The Interaction between East and West in the 17 th century), Riga Bourse art museum, 2011, pp 176-177, Turing number 56.
– a. Kanzenbach/d. Suebsman to the “Made in China, northwest China and tea culture” (Made in China, Porzellan und Teekultur im Nordwesten), Emden, published in 2015, 97, no. 6.

TRANSITIONAL EWER WITH SILVER MOUNT.
China. Transitional period. Ca. 17th c.

Porcelain painted in underglaze blue. Pear-shaped ewer with curvated handle und fine spout， on a high foot ring. The revolving design shows a scholar in a mountainious garden landscape beneath a willow. He is accompanied by a boy sevant with a huge honory fan and two others bringing a qin and books. On the neck flowers， the handle with clouds. Height with mounting 27.5cm. Underneath glued a paper with the description of the former owner. Conditon A/B. Supplement： Nederlands silver mount engraved with flowers and with indisdinct silver marks， ca. 19th/20th c.

Provenance：
-Private collection of a curator of the Ashmolean Museum Oxford， United Kingdom， active ca. 1960-70. Acquired in the 1960s.
-Private collection Germany， by inhertance.

Literature：
-C.J.A. Jörg， Art Museum Riga Bourse： Oriental Porcelain and the Netherlands. Interaction between East and West in the 17th century. Riga， 2011. Compare p. 176-177， cat. no. 56.
-A. Kanzenbach/D. Suebsman： Made in China， Porzellan und Teekultur im Nordwesten. Emden
2015. Compare p. 97， no. 6.