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Provenance
Zorensky Collection, Bonhams sale, 22 February 2006, lot 214
Sir Jeremy Lever Collection, Bonhams sale, 7 March 2007, lot 216
The jade or sea-green ground is a distinctive and most attractive trait of Giles' workshop. A similar cup and saucer is discussed by Stephen Hanscombe, James Giles: China and Glass Painter (2005), no.25 who suggests that gilding may indicate a date as early as 1763. Another is illustrated by Gerald Coke, In Search of James Giles (1983), col. pl.XVI(b). See also Robyn Robb's 2003 exhibition catalogue, no.12 for a high 'Chelsea ewer' creamjug with the same decoration.