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‘These 18th-century dishes speak of the endless fascination China held for the Western world,’ says Becky MacGuire, our Chinese Export Art specialist in New York.
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We don’t know who ordered this magnificent blue and white porcelain set, but it was most likely a Dutch China trade merchant made wealthy in the tea business.
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Each dish shows an essential step in the process of growing tea and preparing it for market, from harvesting to shipping.
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‘So many things we take for granted today – tea, silk, fireworks, pugs, even the peonies and magnolias in our gardens – were completely unknown in the West until early travellers encountered them in China,’ our specialist explains.
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A very rare set of blue and white 'tea cultivation' dishes. Qianlong period, c. 1750. Estimate: $40,000–60,000.
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Chinese Export Art Featuring 100 lots from Marchant, est 1925 – 18 January at Christie’s New York.
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