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Very rare and fine Chinese export porcelain tankard with loop handle delicately decorated in under-glaze cobalt blue (qinghua) with a scene of a scholar talking with a Buddhist monk in a landscape setting, c. 1630, Chongzhen reign, Ming dynasty, h. 20 cm, 8 in; d. 9,5 cm, 3¾ in. 1-18360
Literature:
• Chinese Blue & White Porcelain from the Pullan Collection, sale catalogue by Bluet & Son, Ltd London1998, cat. 13 for a similar tankard, 22,5 cm high, dated 1640;
• Jingdezhen to the world: The Lurie Collection of Chinese Export Porcelain from the late Ming Dynasty, by T. Canepa, isbn 978-912168-09-5, 2019, pp. 304-307, for two tankards with the same form, 1634/40, 19 cm high.
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Firing crack to baseStock number
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