Chinese Porcelain Antique Inkwell
$874.95
18th-19th century Chinese porcelain and European mounted inkwell
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Blue and white Chinese porcelain has had an especially profound influence on interior decorating, decor, and all manner of design and color palettes. This antique Chinese inkwell home accent is just such an example. Inkwells are interesting objects. They are objects of curiosity, and they can add color, imagination, authenticity, and accent to your interior. Home accents have a big impact on your interior. They accent the interior, the home furnishings, and the mood of a room. Take all of the accents out of a room, and it doesn’t have the same personality. When we look for home accents on All The Decor, we are looking for unique and genuine home accents to add inspiration. This Chinese inkwell is a great example of that.
This inkwell is a manifest of European and antique traits that embody the decorative arts of the 18th and 19th centuries. A combination of English brass mounts that display claw or paw feet mounted to a 19th-century Chinese porcelain export blue and white landscape tray. This Chinese export tray is affixed to a pair of 18/19th century Chinese blue and white porcelain traditional inkwells, with traditional English or continental European ink inserts. It is rare to find European and English decorative arts elements that combine elements of Chinese export and more traditional domestic or imperial style Chinese porcelain wares. Normally European decorative arts aim to meld European or English bronze or brass mounts to a monochrome Chinese porcelain vase, frequently in monochromatic Chinese porcelain glazes associated with the 18th century, such as a flambe glaze, or sang de boeuf, oxblood, Chinese celadon wares, or Chinese eggshell blue.
There are certainly examples of European mounted, decorative wares that utilize famille verte, or famille rose, or crackle glazes for decorative purposes that do features brass mounting; however, the use of blue and white Chinese porcelain is certainly more infrequent, making this inkwell a more unusual find. One for the issue of it being mounted with the blue and white color combination, and two that it combines elements of Chinese export porcelain and finer Chinese porcelain used primarily as Chinese scholars objects in China. The evidence of export and traditional use can be found in the designs and hand-painted cobalt blue elements of each. The 18th/19th-century porcelain ink goblets produced for the conventional Chinese market display subjects associated with Chinese scholarship or traditional objects found in the studio of a Chinese scholar, poet, or painter during the Ming and Qing dynasties. On the other hand, the tray displays a traditional landscape scene with European decorative elements that are similar to the English transferware willow ware design of the 19th century.
This inkwell is a manifest of European and antique traits that embody the decorative arts of the 18th and 19th centuries. A combination of English brass mounts that display claw or paw feet mounted to a 19th-century Chinese porcelain export blue and white landscape tray. This Chinese export tray is affixed to a pair of 18/19th century Chinese blue and white porcelain traditional inkwells, with traditional English or continental European ink inserts. It is rare to find European and English decorative arts elements that combine elements of Chinese export and more traditional domestic or imperial style Chinese porcelain wares. Normally European decorative arts aim to meld European or English bronze or brass mounts to a monochrome Chinese porcelain vase, frequently in monochromatic Chinese porcelain glazes associated with the 18th century, such as a flambe glaze, or sang de boeuf, oxblood, Chinese celadon wares, or Chinese eggshell blue.
There are certainly examples of European mounted, decorative wares that utilize famille verte, or famille rose, or crackle glazes for decorative purposes that do features brass mounting; however, the use of blue and white Chinese porcelain is certainly more infrequent, making this inkwell a more unusual find. One for the issue of it being mounted with the blue and white color combination, and two that it combines elements of Chinese export porcelain and finer Chinese porcelain used primarily as Chinese scholars objects in China. The evidence of export and traditional use can be found in the designs and hand-painted cobalt blue elements of each. The 18th/19th-century porcelain ink goblets produced for the conventional Chinese market display subjects associated with Chinese scholarship or traditional objects found in the studio of a Chinese scholar, poet, or painter during the Ming and Qing dynasties. On the other hand, the tray displays a traditional landscape scene with European decorative elements that are similar to the English transferware willow ware design of the 19th century.
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This inkwell measures 2.375 inches in height and measures 7 inches in length.
Condition
The inkwell displays cracks to the porcelain ink goblets and edge fitting to the rim edges of the goblets. The Chinese export tray displays cracks to the underside of the tray, hairlines, chips, and fritting. The mounts display heavy oxidation and wear.
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