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QIANLONG PERIOD, CIRCA 1780
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A CHINESE EXPORT 'FOX HUNTING' MUG
QIANLONG PERIOD, CIRCA 1780
Enameled with a continuous hunting scene, the pack pursuing a fox, a gentleman blowing a horn, and a village in the distance, all within blue Fitzhugh-type borders
4 ¾ in. (12 cm.) high
QIANLONG PERIOD, CIRCA 1780
Enameled with a continuous hunting scene, the pack pursuing a fox, a gentleman blowing a horn, and a village in the distance, all within blue Fitzhugh-type borders
4 ¾ in. (12 cm.) high
Provenance
Acquired from St. James Gallery, New York, October 1950.
Literature
D. Fennimore et al., The David and Peggy Rockefeller Collection: Decorative Arts, New York, 1992, vol. IV, p. 152, no. 163.
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