Seven Kangxi blanc-de-chine porcelain seals, Kangxi... Lot 25036

Seven Kangxi blanc-de-chine porcelain seals, Kangxi period, ca. 1700, China, A group of small square porcelain seals topped by various creatures; three with foo-dogs and four by monkeys. H ca. 4 cm, A few tiny rim chips. No other damage and no restoration. Provenance: an English private collection. For examples of this type of Kangxi Blanc de Chine seals see: Oriental Export Market Porcelain and its Influence on European Wares (Geoffrey A. Godden, Granada, 1979) page 272, plate 200. Information from Godden's book ; The records of the Dashwood sale in September 1703, an English Supra-cargo, include 10,800 'square toys' (seals), the other 5,400 'toys' were models of animals, 'men on beasts' and the 490 'small white dogs' were priced at 1d each. For similar seal from Hinkley in the Collection See : Blanc de Chine Porcelain from Dehua (Rose Kerr and John Ayers, Art Media Resources Ltd, 2000. Item 63). For another similar blanc de chine example see : Blanc de Chine (P.J. Donnelly, Faber and Faber, 1969) Illustration 67.