A Chinese Export Porcelain Dinner Service
Qianlong Period, Circa 1760-1780
comprising:
22 luncheon plates
13 soup plates
1 large round serving platter
1 medium round serving platter
2 small round serving platters
2 round serving bowls
2 large oval serving dishes
2 covered soup tureens
1 medium oval serving platter, or tureen underplate
2 small oval serving platters,

together with a modern group produced in the same pattern, including:
24 dinner plates
9 luncheon plates
12 soup plates
8 candlesticks;
101 items total.
Diameter of dinner plates 10 1/4 inches.
This lot is located in Chicago.

Provenance:
American Private Collection
The Chinese Porcelain Company, New York (with image of invoice)

Note:
A rare pattern to be presented in such a large group as this, the present dinner service is decorated with an elephant and rider, or 'mahout', surrounded by a ring of puce floral sprays and bordered by puce bands. Individual pieces with the same pattern can be found in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (Helena Woolworth McCann Collection, Gift of Winfield Foundation, 1951, 51.86.29a, b) and the Rijksmuseum (J.G.A.N. de Vries Bequest, The Hague, AK-NM-13642), among other prestigious collections.

This subject matter reflects the European interest in India throughout the 18th century and indicates that this service was likely made for the colonial market in British India.

Of the service purchased from The Chinese Porcelain Company, the present group is lacking one medium oval serving platter (tureen underplate). With few minor chips to plates. Please request a complete condition report.
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