Lot 125
125
A BLUE AND WHITE EUROPEAN SUBJECT CUP AND SAUCER painted with a scene of a woman suckling a child centred by two small figures, the group on a grassy slope flanked above by two birds perched on upright trailing flower-sprays (minute rim chips), circa 1730

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A BLUE AND WHITE EUROPEAN SUBJECT CUP AND SAUCER painted with a scene of a woman suckling a child centred by two small figures, the group on a grassy slope flanked above by two birds perched on upright trailing flower-sprays (minute rim chips), circa 1730
saucer 13.7cm. diam. (2)

Lot Essay

This design is discussed by Howard and Ayers, China for the West, vol.I, p.86 were the authors note that the subject is 'charity' represented by a woman suckling a child

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