Antique Chinese & Japanese PorcelainEuropean Ceramics & Works of Art
Chinese Nankin blue and white sauceboat, Qianlong (1736-1795), with scalloped rim and loop handle, the interior decorated with an idealised chinoiserie landscape with a lake and pagodas on small islets planted with bamboo, the exterior with a wide band containing stylised flowerheads and foliage SOLD
Dimensions:
Length: 19cm. (7.1/2 in.)
Condition:
Slight fritting to rim and handle and large chip to foot rim and associated 'hair-line'
Notes:
Chinese Export porcelain was imported into some European countries and the USA in large quantities during the 18th centuries The East India Company started selling opium to Chinese merchants in the 1770s in exchange for goods like porcelain and tea,[62] causing a series of opioid addiction outbreaks across China in 1820.[63] The ruling Qing dynasty outlawed the opium trade in 1796 and 1800,[64] but British merchants continued illegally nonetheless.[65][66] The Qing took measures to prevent the East India Company from selling opium, and destroyed tens of thousands of chests of opium already in the country.[67] This series of events led to the First Opium War in 1839, which involved a succession of British naval attacks along the Chinese coast over the course of several months. As part of the Treaty of Nanjing in 1842, the Qing were forced to give British merchants special treatment and the right to sell opium. The Chinese also ceded territory to the British, including the island of Hong Kong.[68]
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