Chinese export porcelain blue and white garniture

Date	1700
Period	1600-1750, 17th century
Origin	China
Medium	porcelain
Dimensions	24 cm (9¹/₂ inches)
Gallery	Cohen & Cohen

Description
Technical

Kangxi period
Dutch market

An unusual Chinese export porcelain five piece garniture consisting of two gu-form beaker vases and three covered baluster vases of faceted hexagonal section, painted in underglaze blue with flowers and butterflies.

Five piece garniture sets were very popular in Europe at this date and designs for furniture, fireplaces and room panelling allowed for this with brackets and niches for the display of such sets. Many such arrays followed the designs of Daniel Marot (1661-1752) a French Huguenot designer and engraver who moved to Holland after the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes (1685) and later to England with William and Mary, introducing the court style of Louis XIV to both countries. One of his designs for a chimney piece included spaces for 300 pieces of porcelain.

Date: 1700
Period: 1600-1750, 17th century
Origin: China
Medium: porcelain
Dimensions: 24 cm (9¹/₂ inches)
Categories: Oriental and Asian Art