Lot 157
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A BLUE AND WHITE CAT BORDALUE AND COVER
A BLUE AND WHITE CAT BORDALUE AND COVER

FIRST HALF 19TH CENTURY

Details
A BLUE AND WHITE CAT BORDALUE AND COVER
First half 19th century
With tail curled over his back to form the handle and his head the cover, his coat sponged with underglaze blue patches and the eyes in biscuit and black enamel
10in. (27.3cm.) long

Lot Essay

A very similar cat in The Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum and illustrated by A.M. Palmer, A Winterthur Guide to Chinese Export Porcelain, p. 56, was in the collection of Dr. Thomas Rodney Brinckle of Philadelphia (1804-53).