Lot 24
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A BOW WHITE PORCELAIN PUTTO CANDLESTICK
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A BOW WHITE PORCELAIN PUTTO CANDLESTICK

CIRCA 1750

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A BOW WHITE PORCELAIN PUTTO CANDLESTICK
CIRCA 1750
The putto modelled seated supporting a pierced vine-leaf-moulded drip-pan issuing grapes and tendrils, on a star-shaped base moulded with stiff leaves
7 7/8 in. (20.3 cm.) high
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Lot Essay

Cf. English Ceramic Circle Transactions, Vol. 19, Part 2, 2006, p. 415, pl. 6, for a discussion of the three recorded examples of this form and their similarities to the Mongolian heads of the period. A similar example complete with drip-pan is illustrated in Frank Tilley, Teapot and Tea (1957), pl. LXVII, no. 203.

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