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Object 2011039

Milk jug

China

1720-1730, over-decorated in the Netherlands, Amsterdams Bont, c.1730-1740

Height with cover 134 mm (5.28 inch), height without cover 103 mm (4.05 inch), diameter 77 mm (3.03 inch), diameter of mouthrim 40 mm (1.57 inch), diameter of footring 47 mm (1.85 inch), weight with cover 233 grams (8.22 ounce (oz.)), weight cover 36 grams (1.27 ounce (oz.))

Milk jug on footring, pear shaped body with handle, small triangular spout at the rim. The C-shaped handle is placed opposite the spout. Domed cover with round knob. Jug and cover incised with a floral decoration. Decorated in various famille verte enamels with around the foot, the mouthrim and rim of the cover a border with flowerheads reserved on a frogs' spawn ground and reserves filled with flowering plants. Around the base of the knob, a lotus leaves pattern border The spout is decorated with a single and the handle with two flowering stems. Over-decorated in iron-red and gold in the Netherlands, Amsterdams Bont c.1730-1740 with a large bird perched on a fence with a flowering chrysanthemum and other plants growing from behind the fence. On the cover two flowering stems.

Condition: A chip to the tip of the spout.

Price: Sold.