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Lot 118
A rare Philip Christian jug circa 1765
14 April 2010, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £1,020 inc. premium
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circa 1765
The spout delicately moulded with scrollwork and a human mask, the narrow handle with a groove, painted in Mandarin style with three figures, one playing with a dog, the other two standing beside a vase, a red crowsfoot border below the rim, 7.5cm high
The spout delicately moulded with scrollwork and a human mask, the narrow handle with a groove, painted in Mandarin style with three figures, one playing with a dog, the other two standing beside a vase, a red crowsfoot border below the rim, 7.5cm high
Footnotes
The mask is a miniature version of that found on larger jugs such as the one illustrated by Bernard Watney, Liverpool Porcelain (1997), fig 123, p 36
