Lot Essay
For ewers of similar shape, cf. the 'Asian Junk' Cargo, sold in our Amsterdam Rooms 14 March 1984, lots 186 - 188; and illustrated by C. Sheaf and R. Kilburn, The Hatcher Porcelain Cargoes, p.57
THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A TRANSITIONAL BLUE AND WHITE EWER AND COVER
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A TRANSITIONAL BLUE AND WHITE EWER AND COVER
circa 1640
The octagonal globular body with serpentine spout and rectangular bracket handle painted with a continuous mountainous riverscape, two figures, pavilions and trees, all below a band of hatched-pattern at the shoulder and a tooth-pattern band at the neck, the spout and handle with scrolling floral sprays, the cover with simulated-bamboo finial, fritted
10¼in. ( 26.2cm.) high
circa 1640
The octagonal globular body with serpentine spout and rectangular bracket handle painted with a continuous mountainous riverscape, two figures, pavilions and trees, all below a band of hatched-pattern at the shoulder and a tooth-pattern band at the neck, the spout and handle with scrolling floral sprays, the cover with simulated-bamboo finial, fritted
10¼in. ( 26.2cm.) high