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Lot 168*
8 June 2005, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £2,400 inc. premium
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circa 1755
of baluster shape with a ribbed handle, painted in bright enamels with the 'Beckoning Chinaman' pattern of a portly gentleman signalling to a flying bird above fanciful rocks, the reverse with a bold plant spray in think famille rose enamels, 11.2cm (very minor scratching to enamels only)
of baluster shape with a ribbed handle, painted in bright enamels with the 'Beckoning Chinaman' pattern of a portly gentleman signalling to a flying bird above fanciful rocks, the reverse with a bold plant spray in think famille rose enamels, 11.2cm (very minor scratching to enamels only)
Footnotes
For a mug with a similar treatment of this popular pattern including a famille rose spray on the reverse see John Sandon, Dictionary of Worcester Porcelain, colour pl. 8
