Lot 176
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A DUTCH SILVER-MOUNTED TRANSITIONAL BLUE AND WHITE EWER
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A DUTCH SILVER-MOUNTED TRANSITIONAL BLUE AND WHITE EWER

THE MOUNTS WITH THE MARK OF JAN SMOUT, UTRECHT, 1658, THE POTTERY CIRCA 1640

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A DUTCH SILVER-MOUNTED TRANSITIONAL BLUE AND WHITE EWER
THE MOUNTS WITH THE MARK OF JAN SMOUT, UTRECHT, 1658, THE POTTERY CIRCA 1640
The baluster jug with scroll handle, painted with foliage, flowers and bamboo, with plain silver mounts, marked inside cover
9 5/8 in. (24.4 cm.) high
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VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 17.5% on the buyer's premium.

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Lot Essay

Jan Smout became a master in Utrecht in 1650 and is known to have produced the mounts for Chinese and Japanese porcelain. See for example a Japanese ewer with very similar mounts to the present example, hallmarked for 1681 (exhibited Utrecht, Centraal Museum Utrecht, Zilver, no. 35).

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