Sale 6084
London
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18 May 1999
Price realised
GBP 1,035
Estimate
An Irish delft blue and white cylindrical oviform jug Circa 1760 The trefoil-shaped neck edged with a band of diaper and flowerhead ornament, with loop handle, boldly painted with huts and pagodas beneath pine among rockwork and grasses (restoration to lip and area of lower part near foot, minor rim chips) 8 in. (20.5 cm.) high
Provenance
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For a jug of similar shape, see Irish Delftware, Castletown Exhibition Catalogue, p. 69, fig. 123. See also the example sold in these Rooms, 27 February 1989, lot 58.
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