English & European Ceramics & Glass - 15th December 2020
Lot 396
Six Doccia coffee cups and saucers c.1770-80
Estimate £200 - £300 | Hammer £550
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Description
Six Doccia coffee cups and saucers c.1770-80, decorated in iron red and gilt with cockerels or galli rossi fighting beneath tall fringed trees, some damages, 12.8cm. (12)
Provenance: a private collection in Sussex.
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.