Mug
Dateca. 1690
OriginEngland, London
MediumTin-glazed earthenware (delft / delftware/ bleu persan)
DimensionsH: 3 1/8"; D: 3 1/4"; OW: 4 1/4"
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1953-1030
DescriptionMug: Cylindrical mug with banding at base and below rim; single loop handle; covered allover in a deep cobalt-blue glaze and painted in white on the exterior chinoiserie scene in the bleu persan or blew de Nevers style mimicking late Ming porcelain.Label TextThe early Chinese decoration of a squatting figure in a landscape was popular on English delft of the last three decades of the seventeenth century. It is also the most common pattern found in white on a blue ground and appears on vessels of many forms, including a potting pot in the CWF collection (accession 1958-17) and one at Winterthur.
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ProvenanceDavid Stockwell, Philadelphia
