Chinese Export Meissen Style Milk Jug

Description

Chinese export porcelain milk jug and cover, Qianlong ca. 1750. Decorated in a Meissen 'hausmaler' style with a port scene depicting Peter the Great assisting dock workers at Zaandam

Provenance: Heirloom & Howard Ltd., 1 September 1998; The Distinguished Collection of Leo & Doris Hodroff.

Reference: Howard, "Choice of the Private Trader," pg. 85.
Height: 5 1/4 in x width: 4 3/4 in x diameter: 3 in.

Condition

There is a small chip to the interior rim of the lid. There may be a small restoration to the top of the lid near the knop. The handle has been broken off and reattached with some areas of filling present. A few minute chip to the footrim. Some losses to the gilt throughout.

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Chinese Export Meissen Style Milk Jug

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