Lot Essay
Cf. Paul Atterbury & Maureen Batkin, The Dictionary of Minton (1990), p. 126, for a similar example with a cover; see also Nicholas M. Dawes, Majolica (1990), p. 56.
Details
A Minton majolica teapot
modelled as a Japanese dwarf, wearing pale-blue robe moulded with flowers, seated holding a Noh theatre mask, the spout issuing from its mouth, the handle formed from a plait of his hair, shape 1838, impressed mark, year cypher for 1874, cover deficient -- 19cm. wide
modelled as a Japanese dwarf, wearing pale-blue robe moulded with flowers, seated holding a Noh theatre mask, the spout issuing from its mouth, the handle formed from a plait of his hair, shape 1838, impressed mark, year cypher for 1874, cover deficient -- 19cm. wide
Special notice
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