Bidspirit auction | Chinese Export Silver-Mounted Persian Ewer

Chinese Export Silver-Mounted Persian Ewer - Chinese export blue and white silver-mounted porcelain ewer and cover, Kangxi ca. 1700-10. Likely for the Persian market. The teardrop-shaped body with a scrolling handle and spout joined to the body with an S-shaped strut. Decorated with inverted heart-shaped panels containing stylized foliage reserved against a 'cracked-ice' ground. The rims, spout, and handle mounted in mid-19th century Dutch silver-gilt with a silver-gilt chrysanthemum knop. Illustrated in Howard & Ayers, ”China for the West, ” Vol. I, pg. 70, no. 28. Provenance: Sotheby's, New York, ”Important Chinese Export Porcelain and Chinese Works of Art from the Collection of the Late Mildred R. and Rafi Y. Mottahedeh, ” 19 October 2000, Lot 87; The Distinguished Collection of Leo & Doris Hodroff. Height: 7 1/2 in x width: 5 1/2 in x diameter: 3 3/4 in. Condition: There is a moderate chip along the base of the handle. Along the underside of the handle, there is a small rounded firing flaw; a few small linear firing flaws and possibly fleabite chips raditating from the rounded firing flaw. There are chips along the rim of the lid; particularly where the metal attaches to the porcelain. Along the footrim, there is a moderately-sized chip; a few additional fleabite chips, noticeable upon close inspection. Small scattered rounded and linear firing flaws. To the horizontal element connecting the spout to the body of the ewer, there are minute areas of discoloration to the glaze. There are possible signs of restoration where the metal hardware meets the porcelain along the lidded mouth of the ewer and along the tip of the spout; small linear areas fluoresce under UV light. There is tarnishing to the metal hardware. Some white accretions along recessed areas of the metal. Spout reduced.