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Lot 156

A rare Worcester spoon tray, circa 1765

15 December 2020, 10:30 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

£700 - £900

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A rare Worcester spoon tray, circa 1765

Of rare and irregular rococo shape with strap fluting, enamelled in bright colours with the 'Pu Tai' pattern, the pot-bellied monk propped against a large rock, two attendants nearby, a red and gold crowfoot border inside the rim, 13.7cm long

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Provenance
Rous Lench Collection, Christie's sale, 30 May 1990, lot 471
Albert Amor 1994 exhibition, Treasures from Toronto II
Ralph Kenber Collection

Examples of 'Pu Tai' on moulded teawares are scarce and this spoon tray is particularly unusual. For a teapot with similar moulding and the same painted design see Sandon and Spero, The Zorensky Collection (1996), no. 116, p. 137. A creamjug with similar decoration was sold by Bonhams, 7 September 2005, lot 68.

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