CIRCA 1710

The Chinese tradition of shaping ewers in the form of birds and animals became especially popular in the early 18th Century and was later copied by European potters. Both pairs and single ewers of this form have been found in several fine collections including The Mottahedeh Collection, illustrated by D. Howard and J. Ayers, op.cit., 1978, vol.II, no.602, p.582; in the Eumorfopoulos Collection, illustrated by R.L. Hobson, Catalogue, vol.V, pl.XXIV, no.E183; in the W.J. Holt Collection, illustrated by Hobson, Rackham and King, Chinese Ceramics in Private Collections, 1931, p.151, fig.265; in the Wannieck Collection, Paris, Catalogue, 1960, no.105; in the Gubbay Collection, Clandon Park, Surrey, Guidebook, 1989, no.167, p.38; in the collection of H.R.H. The Duke of Gloucester, KG, sold in these Rooms, 20 May 1954, lot 14 (525 to Conti). A single ewer was exhibited in The Tale of Three Cities, London, 1997, Catalogue, no.103, p.91.