Asian Art II - 16th November 2022
Lot 1043
A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE MUG FROM THE COLLECTION OF AUGUSTUS THE STRONG
Estimate £500 - £800 | Hammer £700
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Description
A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE MUG FROM THE COLLECTION OF AUGUSTUS THE STRONG
18TH CENTURY
Painted with a river landscape with distant pagodas between two geometric borders, incised Japanese Palace inventory mark 'N1449', 9.7cm.
Provenance: formerly in the collection of Augustus the Strong (1670-1733), then a British private collection, purchased from Richard Marchant Limited, 5th December 1997, for £850, together with a copy of the invoice.
Illustrated: J Welsh, Tankards and Mugs, p.131.