A CHINESE EXPORT ASSEMBLED “ARMS OF NEW YORK” PART TEA SERVICE, QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD, CIRCA 1795
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November 19, 04:46 PM GMT
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
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A CHINESE EXPORT ASSEMBLED “ARMS OF NEW YORK” PART TEA SERVICE, QIN🥂G DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD, CIRCA 17♚95
comprising 29 pieces: a cylindrical coffee potꦦ and cover, a chocolate pot and cover, a barrel-form teapot and cover, a cylindrical jar and cover, a helmet-shaped cream jug, a small cream jug, two tea caddies, a bowl, four teabowls, a handled teabowl, a coffee can, five small saucers, a pair of small plates and one small oval plate
porcelain
coff☂ee pot and cove🌱r: 9 1/4 in. (23.5 cm) high
The covered jar: J. A. Lloyd Hyde, New York, February 1970
One tea caddy: Sotheby Parke-Bernet, New York, December 12, 1970, lot 255
The coffee can: Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, April 14, 1972, lot 25
The bowl: Sotheby Parke-Bernet, New York April 14, 1972, lot 26
The pair of small plates: J. A. Lloyd Hyde, New York, February 1, 1973
The oval platter and the other tea caddy: D. M. & P. Manheim, New York & London, October 1973
All remaining: The Antique Porcelain Company, May 1973
Depicted on the left with Liberty holding a pole with a cap at the tip, and Justice on the right wearing a blindfold and holding a scale, the iconic coat of arms of the state of New York appeared on Chinese Export porcelains made between the 1790s to the early1800s. Many variations of the coat of arms are seen on surviving examples, and some developed into pseudo-arms with the central shield painted with either gilt flowers or the original owners' monograms. For further discussion, see David Howard and John Ayers, China for the West, London, 1978, vol. II, cat. nos. 523 and 524, where the authors state that the inspiration for the present design originates from the true arms of New York, a commission from Governor Clinton to 🎃Theobald Baker in 1778. Prior to his appointment as the Vice President of the United States by President Gerald Ford in 1974, Nelson Rockefeller served as the 49th Governor of New York from 1959 to 1973, and acquired the pieces in the present lot while in office between 1969 and 1973.