Lot 152
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A PAIR OF RARE GRISAILLE AND GILT CRESTED GUGLETS
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A PAIR OF RARE GRISAILLE AND GILT CRESTED GUGLETS

CIRCA 1745

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A PAIR OF RARE GRISAILLE AND GILT CRESTED GUGLETS
CIRCA 1745
Of lobed hexagonal form with knops on the slender flaring necks, each decorated on both sides in gilt, grisaille and flesh-tones with Cimon discovering Iphigenia and two companions sleeping beneath a tree below a crest and scrolling gilt leaves and flowers at the necks, minor chips infilled
10¼ in. (26 cm.) high (2)
Provenance
Christie's London, 10 June 1996, lot 276
Purchased from The Chinese Porcelain Company
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium

Lot Essay

It is not possible to be certain for which family these guglets were made. See D. S. Howard, Chinese Armorial Porcelain, London, 2003, vol.II, p.216 where the author suggests the families of Halkett or Graham, both of which had connections with Kinross House, Scotland. The scene is after a painting by Rubens, which is in the Imperial Belvedere Gallery, Vienna. See lot 92 for a tankard with the same scene.

Our thanks go to Mr. Howard for giving us this information prior to publication date.

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