Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A Chinese Porcelain Caddy with an erotic scene
Yongzheng Qianlong period
Fantastic and highly detailed decoration in Grisaille/Encre de Chine
Chickens having intercourse.
Beautiful piece for collectors. Museum Example.
Encre de Chine
The use of black enamel in imitation of drawings or prints was first developed at the end of the reign of the Kangxi emperor (1662-1722) and the Yongzheng reign (1723-1730). Chinese porcelains decorated in ink colour became popular in Europe around 1740, and until about 1790 continental clients continued to order them, especially for armorials, because the ink-colour process so readily duplicated the engraved bookplates supplied to the decorators as source materials. The technique may have been developed first for use on glass in the 1660s in Germany, where it was called schwarzlot. Eighteenth-century shipping records sometimes may have referenced it as pencilled ware because it was executed with a thin brush called a pencil. Albert Jacquemart dubbel it encre-de-Chine. Another name Jesuit ware was used still...
Category
Antique 18th Century Chinese Qing Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières