A Blue and White Ewer with Silver Mounts

TRANSITIONAL, CHONGZHEN PERIOD (1628-1644)

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A Blue and White Ewer with Silver Mounts
Transitional, Chongzhen period (1628-1644)
Made for the Dutch market, the pear-shaped body raised on a waisted pedestal foot and painted with a scene of scholars drinking wine in a landscape setting, below a band of leafy tulip sprays on the shoulder and further flower sprays on the waisted neck which rises to a spouted rim, the curved handle decorated with flames, the thumb-piece of the silver mounts in the form of a standing peacock, the inside of the cover fully marked, probably Dutch Haarlem, 18th century
10in. (25.4cm.) high, box

Lot Essay

Blue and white wares of this type were made for the Dutch market, and a similar ewer or 'wine jug', also with silver mounts, can be seen in a Dutch seventeenth century still-life painting by S. Luttichuys (1610-1661) illustrated by Dr. A.I. Spriggs, 'Oriental Porcelain in Western Paintings, 1450-1700', T.O.C.S., 1964-65/1965-66, vol. 36, pp. 73-87, pl. 71c.

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