A EUROPEAN SUBJECT MILK JUG

CIRCA 1780

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A EUROPEAN SUBJECT MILK JUG
CIRCA 1780
Of helmet shape, the handle molded as a tree-branch, painted to both sides with a tusked elephant standing among tall grasses, a tree beneath the spout
5¾ in. (14.5 cm.) high, overall

Literature

D.S. Howard, The Choice of the Private Trader, p. 167, pl. 186

Exhibited

Minneapolis Institute of Art, 1997

Lot Essay

Another helmet jug also with elephant decoration is illustrated in Chinese Export Porcelain: Standard patterns and forms, 1780-1800, H., P. and and N. Schiffer, Exton, 1975, p. 56, fig. 144, and noted as being for the Indian market. For other elephant themed examples see Hervouët and Bruneau, op. cit., p. 105, and Le Corbeiller, op. cit., p. 113-4.

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