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Lot 113

A Worcester coffee cup, circa 1756-58,

15 December 2020, 10:30 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

Sold for £637.50 inc. premium

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A Worcester coffee cup, circa 1756-58,

Of plain U shape with a grooved handle, colourfully painted with the 'Beckoning Chinaman' pattern, the robed gentleman signalling to a flock of distant birds, flanked by elaborate rockwork and a discarded fan and crossed 'ruyi' sceptres, the reverse with a flowering branch painted in bright famille rose enamels, 5.8cm high

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Ralph Kenber Collection

Most frequently found on mugs, tankards and occasionally teapots, this pattern is particularly rare on coffee cups and no corresponding saucers have been recorded. A similar coffee cup from the Liane Richards Collection was sold by Bonhams, 13 April 2016, lot 133.

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