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THE ECKENHOFF COLLECTION OF CHINESE EXPORT TANKARDS
TWO EUROPEAN SUBJECT MUGS
QIANLONG PERIOD, MID-18TH CENTURY
Details
TWO EUROPEAN SUBJECT MUGS
QIANLONG PERIOD, MID-18TH CENTURY
Both bell-shaped, the larger depicting Orpheus, the musician and poet of Greek mythology; the second with a bedroom scene showing a seated gentleman observing his mistress undress
6 ¼ in. (15.9 cm.) high, the taller
QIANLONG PERIOD, MID-18TH CENTURY
Both bell-shaped, the larger depicting Orpheus, the musician and poet of Greek mythology; the second with a bedroom scene showing a seated gentleman observing his mistress undress
6 ¼ in. (15.9 cm.) high, the taller
Provenance
The first with John Newcomber, Maryland; the second with Cohen & Cohen, London
Literature
Edward A. Eckenhoff, Chinese Porcelain Antique Tankards, The Eckenhoff Collection, 2011, pg. 66
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