A SET OF THREE LARGE MUGS

CIRCA 1725

细节

A SET OF THREE LARGE MUGS
Circa 1725
Of conical form and decorated with chrysanthemum and peony growing beside grasses and small daisies from blue mounds, the borders blue diaper pattern interrupted by small iron-red panels of grasses
6 1/8 to 6½in. (15.5 to 16.5cm.) high (3)

拍品专文

A smaller mug of this shape and pattern from the Hodroff collection is illustrated by D.S. Howard, The Choice of the Private Trader, who calls it of "rare conical form... unusual in shape...undoubtedly copied from a European silver original"