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A very rare Chelsea sucrier and cover, circa 1750-52 image 1
A very rare Chelsea sucrier and cover, circa 1750-52 image 2
Lot 132

A very rare Chelsea sucrier and cover, circa 1750-52

5 June 2019, 10:30 BST
London, Knightsbridge

£8,000 - £12,000

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A very rare Chelsea sucrier and cover, circa 1750-52

The body delicately modelled to follow the outline of a peach, a stalk handle running down one side, another stalk running across the cover applied with a single leaf to serve as a finial, painted in kakiemon style on one side with the 'Rat and Vine' pattern, the reverse with a 'Flying Fox', the interior with scattered sprigs, 10.4cm high (2)

Footnotes

The decoration combines two popular Kakiemon motifs in a way rarely found on Japanese porcelains, suggesting that the inspiration may have been Meissen or Chantilly. The shape is very rare, no other similar form being recorded in the literature but a matching cream jug is illustrated by William King, Chelsea Porcelain (1922), pl.20, fig.1.

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