English & European Ceramics & Glass - 15th December 2020
Lot 440
Four English-decorated Chinese porcelain coffee cups 18th century
Estimate £250 - £350 | Hammer £480
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Description
Four English-decorated Chinese porcelain coffee cups 18th century, one moulded with overlapping lotus petals, another originally decorated with bianco-sopra-bianco decoration of flowering branches, all variously later enamelled with moths and other insects around sprays of European flowers, 6.8cm max. (4)
The lotus-moulded cup exhibited at Stockspring, Early James Giles, no. 70.