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A Worcester mug, circa 1755-57

Worcester Porcelain: The John Alchin and Ralph Kenber Collections

15 December 2020, 10:30 GMT

London, Knightsbridge

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A Worcester mug, circa 1755-57

Of baluster shape with a grooved loop handle, painted with the 'Beckoning Chinaman' pattern, the robed gentleman with a hand and eyes raised to a bird in flight above fanciful rockwork, the reverse with a flowering branch painted in bright famille rose enamels, 11.6cm high

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Provenance
Albert Amor, Chinoiserie Porcelain Exhibition 1990, no. 81
Norman Collection
Ralph Kenber Collection

The Beckoning Chinaman Pattern

Variations on this popular pattern at Worcester appear from around 1754-5. The primary figure is likely to have been copied from a Chinese famille verte original, perhaps one of the 'Eight Drunken Immortals of the Tang Dynasty'. On some examples the fine flowering branch on the reverse is replaced by figures of a woman and child. In many ways the pattern is reminiscent of Meissen's interpretation of the Orient, while the bright, almost translucent enamels are striking in their similarity to those on Staffordshire saltglazed stoneware.

A smaller version of this mug, painted in very similar style from the Zorka Hodgson Collection was sold by Bonhams, 10 September 2008, lot 45.

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