A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE MUG

A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE MUG

TRANSITIONAL C.1640

After a European shape, with a bulbous body painted with a figure sitting beneath a willow tree and with two boys bringing a goose and a bundle of sticks, the borders with flowers and leaves, all raised on a short flared foot, with a paper label for the South Africa National Gallery Chinese Exhibition 1953, no.197, 10.5cm.

Provenance: from the collection of G R A Murray and thence by descent.

Exhibited: National Gallery of South Africa, Cape Town, Chinese Exhibition, 1953, no.197.