A Worcester cider jug c.1753-54

A Worcester cider jug c.1753-54, of Scratch Cross type, painted in polychrome enamels with a Chinese figure seated at a long table beneath a bird perched on a scrolled hoop, the other side with two tall attendants holding fans, incised line inside the footrim, a long restored crack, 18.5cm.

Cf. Zorka Hodgson, The Origins of some Chinese Designs used on Early Worcester, ECC Trans. Vol 12, Part 3, pl 114 c and d, where a print by Chen Hongshou (1598-1652), titled 'Parrot on a Perch' is also illustrated and which may have been an inspiration for Chinese porcelain decorators.