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We are very pleased to have been invited to join Eight Days in June,an event which we have enjoyed going to since its start. As newparticipants dealing in oriental ceramics, we thought it would beinteresting to organise an exhibition that complements the themesrunning through Eight Days in June. So we have spent the last yearputting together our exhibits which reflect Western taste: Chinese andJapanese Export Porcelain.

Many of the pieces on offer have designs and forms based onEuropean originals and some were even decorated in Europe. Nos. 5a, b and c, and 7 were decorated in London, probably in the workshopof James Giles; there are also two cups with decoration attributed toJames Rogers (see our online catalogue). We have a rare, apparentlyunrecorded, Dutch decorated bowl, no. 6. This is painted with scenesrelating to weighing and taxation of butter in Holland (see our onlinecatalogue for more information). We also include Chinese porcelainthat was copied by Western potters, for example no. 13, the pair oflarge Blanc de Chine birds dating to the Kangxi period (1662-1722).These relate closely to an interesting English salt-glazed stonewarebird, described as a ‘Wading Bird’ and dated to c.1750-1760,(Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, Dr. J. W. L. Glaisher BequestC812-1928).

Pieces commissioned for the West include an apparently unrecorded,‘Sailor’s Farewell’ bowl, no. 1. This was made for the English marketand bears the name ‘Elizabeth Darling’ and the date 1757 on theinterior in gold. The bowl, no. 3, with black decoration showing twohands clasped under a crown, is somewhat of a mystery. Again,apparently unrecorded, the painting appears to look like an engraving.We also have a group of porcelain from the collection of Augustus II(1670-1733) King of Poland and Elector of Saxony, known asAugustus the Strong. The illustrated example, no. 10, is a pair ofFrench-style Chinese Imari seaux à rafraîchir (wine coolers).

There are many European-subject pieces, including two unusual mid-18th century blue and white beakers and saucers, with a design basedon an illustration from A Compleat History of Drugs, London 1712,by Pierre Pomet, showing a pineapple and a branch of cloves.

To view these together with the whole exhibition, including extensivedescriptions, references and photographs, please access our website,www.orientalceramics.com.

We very much hope you can come to our shop to see the exhibition.

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1. Qianlong ‘Sailors Farewell’ Bowl Inscribed and Dated 1757

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2. Qianlong Soft-Paste ‘Shipwreck Subject’ Tea Canister c. 1760-1770

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3. Qianlong Bowl c. 1760-1780

4. Qianlong Masonic Bowl c. 1790.

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6. Qianlong Dutch Decorated 7. Qianlong Teapot Stand c. 1770. TheDecoration Probably by Giles’s Workshop

c. 1770-1775

5. Qianlong Tea Canister, Teapot and Jug c. 1760.The Decoration Probably by James Giles’s Workshop c. 1760-1765.

“Butter Taxing” Bowl c.1740-1760

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9. Qianlong Imari Teapot c.1760-17708. Qianlong Famille Rose Teapotc.1765-1780

10. Kangxi Pair of Imari Wine Coolers Purchased by Augustus the Strong in 1723

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12. Yongzheng or Early Qianlong Pair Candle Sticks c. 1725-1740

11. Kangxi Silver Shaped Candle Stick c. 1700-1720

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13. Kangxi Pair of Blanc de Chine Birds c. 1690-1720

14. Kangxi or Yongzheng Pair of ‘Egg and Spinach’ Hounds c. 1700-1735

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15.Kangxi Large Blanc de Chine Group c.1690-1710

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16. Yongzheng or Qianlong Pair of European Subject Canton Enamel dishes c.1730-1750

17. Yongzheng Pair of Semi-Eggshell Famille Rose Teabowls and Saucers c.1730