Asian Art II - 13th November 2019
Lot 862
A CHINESE EN GRISAILLE 'PROVENDER FOR THE MONASTERY' COFFEE CUP AND SAUCER C.1750 Decorated with...
Estimate £400 - £600
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A CHINESE EN GRISAILLE 'PROVENDER FOR THE MONASTERY' COFFEE CUP AND SAUCER
C.1750
Decorated with medallions enclosing a monk smuggling a woman on his back concealed in a large stook of corn into the monastery, 12cm. (2)
Cf. D Howard and J Ayers, China for the West, vol.2 pp.366-7, no.358 for a discussion on this pattern.