Sale 2515
New York
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24 January 2011
Price realised
USD 4,375
Estimate
A PAIR OF DONYATT SLIPWARE DATED SPIT-SUPPORTS OR FURNITURE-RESTS 1695 Each of tapering rectangular section, enriched overall with a straw-tinted glaze, molded with a head wearing a curled wig issuing a peg-shaped knop, above the incised initials EE and the date 1695, each side panel incised with a bird, the top panel with zigzag ornament before a step 5¼ in. (13.3 cm.) long (2)
Provenance
Thomas Burn, Rous Lench Court; Christie's, London, 29-30 May 1990, lot 92.
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Literature
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