A Martin Brothers vase, the squared globular body with four handles modelled as snakes biting the rim of the vase, the body incised with writhing dragons, the vase glazed in warm brown, the snakes and dragons dark brown and pale (restoration to snakes and body), incised Martin Bros, London, 11-1893

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A Martin Brothers vase, the squared globular body with four handles modelled as snakes biting the rim of the vase, the body incised with writhing dragons, the vase glazed in warm brown, the snakes and dragons dark brown and pale (restoration to snakes and body), incised Martin Bros, London, 11-1893
23.3cm. high

Cf. Charles R. Beard, Catalogue of Martinware in the Collection of Mr Frederick John Nettlefold, London 1936, pp. 160 & 161, plate 43, illustrated

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