Lot Essay
For a cup of the same form in blue, see W.R. Sargent, The Copeland Collection, The Peabody Museum of Salem, 1991, p. 83, pl. 32.
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19TH CENTURY
Details
AN OXHEAD STIRRUP CUP
19TH CENTURY
The horned animal with its fur picked out in black, its ears, eyes and mouth in rose enamels, its bridle and nostrils in yellow, the interior with a green and black patterned band at the rim
5 in. (12.6 cm.) high
19TH CENTURY
The horned animal with its fur picked out in black, its ears, eyes and mouth in rose enamels, its bridle and nostrils in yellow, the interior with a green and black patterned band at the rim
5 in. (12.6 cm.) high
Provenance
The Mildred R. and Rafi Y. Mottahedeh Collection, Sotheby's, New York, 19 October 2000, lot 371
Literature
D.S. Howard and J. Ayers, op. cit., vol. II, p. 583, pl. 604