A Doccia mug c.1780-90

A Doccia mug c.1780-90, decorated in iron red and gilt with two cockerels or galli rossi fighting on holey rockwork in a Chinese landscape, with narrow angular handle, 8.7cm.

The first record of the use of this Chinese-inspired decoration is in 1747 and refers to cockerels painted in black. However, the same design was also executed in green, red and blue usually with gilt highlights.