M4569

Overall excellent condition.

• Formerly in the collection of Henry Mazot (1882-1956), who lived and worked in Beijing from the 1920’s for the Bank of Indochina where he finished as Chairman. The family left Beijing in 1946 to move back to France, where they settled in Normandy. Most of the Chinese porcelain in the family collection was left in wooden trunks in the basement of their chateau from 1946 until Christmas 2015, when his granddaughter who inherited the home decided to finally open them.
• Included by Marchant in their exhibition of Qing Porcelain from Three Private Collections, 2019, no. 20, pp. 54/55.
• A similar example in the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, is illustrated by Hepburn Myrtle in the exhibition of Late Chinese Imperial Porcelain, 1980, no. 22, p. 20; another is illustrated by Peter Lam in Imperial Porcelain of Late Qing from the Kwan Collection, Art Gallery. The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1983, no. 60, p. 77, where the author identifies this design as no. 53 on the 1864 imperial kiln production list and no. 51 on the 1900 imperial kiln production list.
• A similar pair with incised cranes on the reverse were included by Marchant in their exhibition of Qing Mark and Period Monochrome and Enamelled Wares, 1981, no. 31; another was included by Marchant in their exhibition of Nineteenth Century Mark and Period Porcelain, 1991, no. 20, p. 28; a further pair were included by Marchant in their exhibition of Qing Mark and Period Monochrome and Two-coloured Wares, 1992, no. 55, p. 67.