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2012135

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Object 2012135

 

Saucer

 

China

 

c.1730

 

Height 20 mm (0.79 inch), diameter of rim 116 mm (4.57 inch), diameter of footring 65 mm (2.56 inch), weight 53 grams (1.87 ounce (oz.))

 

Saucer on footring, slightly everted rim. Decorated in overglaze iron-red, gold and black enamel with a boy riding on the back of a water buffalo in a mountainous landscape with rocks and a tree. In one hand the boy is holding his hat and a stick while his other hand is reaching out with a bird perched on his fingers looking at another bird in flight. Round the rim a diaper-pattern ground with three reserves filled leafy flower heads. The reverse is undecorated.

 

For similarly decorated objects, please see:

• Sold Ceramics - Sold Famille Rose wares 1725-1800 - Tea, Coffee and Chocolate wares - Page 2 - Object 2010333.

• Sold Ceramics - Sold Shipwreck Porcelains - Unidentified Shipwreck wares - Page 1 - Object 2010503.

• Sold Ceramics - Sold Shipwreck Porcelains - Unidentified Shipwreck wares - Page 1 - Object 2010564.

• Sold Ceramics - Sold Red & Gold / Rouge-de-Fer 1690-1730 - Tea, Coffee and Chocolate wares - Page 1 - Object 2011710.

Condition: Perfect.

 

Reference:

Sargent 2012, pp.333-334

 

Price: Sold.

 

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