Chinese Qianlong Export Porcelain Hand Painted Sauce Bowl Curated by Elinor Gordon. Shows a vibrant scene of bamboo and flowers with gold-tinted accents throughout and on the border below the rim. On the underside are two labels, one of which reads "4715 * circa 1770" and the other reads "Elinor Gordon - Oriental Lowestoft - Villanova, PA." 

Condition: Minor hairline crack. The gold-colored stand that comes with it does not hold up the plate properly. 

Size: 6 x 6 x 1 in. 

Elinor Gordon was born in 1918 in Manhattan, New York and grew up to be one of the most important American antiques dealers who specialized in Chinese export porcelain for over half a century. During the Great Depression she first worked as a model for the John Robert Powers Agency before meeting and marrying a Pentagon aide named Horace Gordon during World War II, who first introduced her to Chinese export porcelain. After developing an extensive collection she opened her own business in Philadelphia in 1953, eventually settling in Villanova, Pennsylvania, and was widely revered as a “matriarch of quality dealers” who helped build some of the most significant private and public collections in the United States, including at the Peabody-Essex Museum and at Washington and Lee University. She was a tireless researcher and educator, creating influential texts on Chinese export porcelain and advising major institutions like the Winterthur Museum and the Department of State, working right up until her death in 2009. 

Minor hairline crack. The gold-colored stand that comes with it does not hold up the plate properly.

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