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Lot 81

A London delftware fuddling cup, circa 1635-40

31 January 2019, 11:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street

£6,000 - £9,000

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A London delftware fuddling cup, circa 1635-40

With three conjoined baluster-shaped cups linked by twisted handles, each cup painted in blue with a motif of three lotus flowers and a leaf inspired by Wanli porcelain, 8.8cm high

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Provenance:
Louis L. Lipski, Sotheby's sale 10 March 1981, lot 3
Simon Sainsbury, Christie's sale 18 June 2008, lot 27

A very similar example was in the Brian Morgan Collection, illustrated in 'Fair as China Dishes' (1977), p.21, fig.5. Two others with closely related decoration were sold by Bearnes, Hampton & Littlewood, 4 October 2016 and by Woolley & Wallis, 13 April 2010, lot 198.

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