PERHAPS 18TH CENTURY

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A CONTINENTAL WHITE PORCELAIN LIBATION CUP
PERHAPS 18TH CENTURY
Of typical form, after a Chinese Blanc-de-Chine original, crisply moulded with a stag below a heron in flight, the reverse with the heads and claws of two confronting dragons, the handles moulded as stylised clouds issuing pine trees (small chip to rim, chipping to footrim)
6 3/8 in. (16.1 cm.) wide

Provenance

Anonymous sale, Sotheby's, London, 30th March 1971, lot 135
Herbert Wolf Collection, no. 179, sale Bonham's, London, 17th June 1998, lot 66
Anonymous sale, Sotheby's, London, 21st November 2000, lot 60

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Lot Essay

Although previously attributed to du Paquier, it is now thought that cups of this type were made elsewhere, although a satisfactory attribution has yet to be discovered. The present lot is of a larger size than the Oriental originals. A similar example was sold in these Rooms on 12th June 1995, lot 304. A Chinese libation cup of similar form, with Schwarzlot decoration attributed to Ignaz Preissler was in the Adalbert von Lanna Collection sold by Lepke, Berlin, 9-16th November 1909, lot 1736, pl. 103.

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