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A LOWESTOFT BLUE AND WHITE COFFEE-CUP
CIRCA 1768
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A LOWESTOFT BLUE AND WHITE COFFEE-CUP
CIRCA 1768
With loop handle, transfer-printed in blue after Pillement with 'Chinese Tea Party' depicting oriental figures by a table and grasses, the reverse with a bird and qilin
2 3/8 in. (6 cm.) high
Exhibited
Fenichell Basmajian, New York, 1-15 November 2001, no. 126.
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium
Lot Essay
Cf. J. Howell, 'Transfer-Printed Lowestoft Porcelain', E.C.C. Transactions, Vol. 7, Pt. 3. (1970), Pl. 192a for a teapot of this pattern in the Norwich Castle Museum.