Lot Essay
A related example in the Glaisher Collection, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, is illustrated by Bernard Rackham, 1935, pl. 90c, no. 1386.
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CIRCA 1685
Details
A LONDON DELFT BLEU PERSAN GADROONED OVAL TWO-HANDLED CISTERN
CIRCA 1685
With lion mask and ropetwist ring handles, the interior painted in white enamel with an Oriental figure holding a parasol in a wooded garden within a border of scrolls and foliage, the exterior with Oriental figures at discussion among shrubs and grasses between borders of scrolls and foliage, on three scroll-moulded feet, one handle a restored replacement, one foot a restored replacement, another repaired, three cracks to rim, some very minor flaking to rims
13¾ in. (35 cm.) wide
CIRCA 1685
With lion mask and ropetwist ring handles, the interior painted in white enamel with an Oriental figure holding a parasol in a wooded garden within a border of scrolls and foliage, the exterior with Oriental figures at discussion among shrubs and grasses between borders of scrolls and foliage, on three scroll-moulded feet, one handle a restored replacement, one foot a restored replacement, another repaired, three cracks to rim, some very minor flaking to rims
13¾ in. (35 cm.) wide
Provenance
The Morgan Collection.
Acquired from Alistair Sampson, 16 August 1990.
Acquired from Alistair Sampson, 16 August 1990.
Literature
Michael Archer and Brian Morgan, Fair as China Dishes, English Delftware from the Collection of Mrs. Marion Morgan and Brian Morgan, Washington, 1977, p. 41, cat. no. 20.
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