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CIRCA 1745-1750
Details
FOUR STAFFORDSHIRE SALT-GLAZED STONEWARE FIGURES
CIRCA 1745-1750
Including a figure of Hotei, a monk and a courtesan, a bulldog, and a merchant
5 ¾ in (14.6 cm.) high, the merchant
CIRCA 1745-1750
Including a figure of Hotei, a monk and a courtesan, a bulldog, and a merchant
5 ¾ in (14.6 cm.) high, the merchant
Provenance
With Dando, Bath, England, January 1933 (Hotei).
J. Henry Griffith, by 1924 (monk).
With Frank Stoner, Stoner & Evans, London, August 1933 (figure of a monk), September 1933 (dog).
With Law, Foulsham & Cole, London (dog).
Mrs. Miller (merchant).
Gift of Carleton Macy, 1934 (Hotei, monk, dog) and 1937 (the merchant).
J. Henry Griffith, by 1924 (monk).
With Frank Stoner, Stoner & Evans, London, August 1933 (figure of a monk), September 1933 (dog).
With Law, Foulsham & Cole, London (dog).
Mrs. Miller (merchant).
Gift of Carleton Macy, 1934 (Hotei, monk, dog) and 1937 (the merchant).
Literature
H. Read, “Staffordshire Salt-Glaze in the Collections of Mr. J. Henry Griffith, Part I”, Connoisseur, vol. 70, September-December 1924, p. 201 (the monk).
Avery, “English Saltglaze, The Helen and Carleton Macy Collection”, Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, vol. 30, o.s., March 1935, p. 58 (Hotei).
Avery, “English Saltglaze, The Helen and Carleton Macy Collection”, Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, vol. 30, o.s., March 1935, p. 58 (Hotei).
Special notice
This lot is offered without reserve.