Lot Essay
Cf. Bernard Watney, English Blue and White Porcelain of the 18th Century (London, 1973), pl. 64C.
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CIRCA 1765
Details
A DERBY BLUE AND WHITE PIERCED OVAL BASKET
CIRCA 1765
The double rope-twist handles with flowerhead terminals, the centre painted with a pagoda and pine on a fenced river island, a hut beneath willow on a further island, within a cell and flowerhead border, the exterior with applied flowerheads at the intersections
9 5/8 in. (24.5 cm.) wide
CIRCA 1765
The double rope-twist handles with flowerhead terminals, the centre painted with a pagoda and pine on a fenced river island, a hut beneath willow on a further island, within a cell and flowerhead border, the exterior with applied flowerheads at the intersections
9 5/8 in. (24.5 cm.) wide
Provenance
The Stanley Fisher Collection.
Literature
Stanley W. Fisher, English Blue and White Porcelain of the 18th Century (London, 1947), pl. 13A.
Exhibited
Fenichell Basmajian, New York, 1-15 November 2001, no. 137.
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium