A PAIR OF ‘BLUE AND WHITE’ TANKARDS AND COVERS WITH GILT METAL MOUNT

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A PAIR OF ‘BLUE AND WHITE’ TANKARDS AND COVERS WITH GILT METAL MOUNT
the tankards Qing dynasty, Kangxi period, early 18th century; the mount probably Dutch, first half of the 18th century
17,2 cm high each
Provenance:  Naples, Villa della Floridiana, Museo Duca di Martina, Placido de Sangro (1829-1891) collection.
inv. nn. 3477, 3490.

The body of both the tankards moulded in diagonal vertical bands, each of them with a floral scroll of Dutch taste, the slightly domed cover with a gilt bronze ring attached to the upper side of the loop handle with a trigger which allows to open it.

The shape of these tankards is inspired by German silver containers.

Compare with a piece with similar shape and related gilt metal mount, but different painted decoration, in the Musés national Adrien Dubouché, Limoges (C. Shimizu (edited by), L’Odyssée de la porcelaine chinoise. Collections du Musée national de Céramique, Sèvres et due muse national Adrien Dubouché, Limoges, exhibition catalogue, Paris 2003, p. 147, n. 86); see also the comparable piece published in M.A. Pinto de Matos – R. Kerr, Tankards and Mugs. Drinking from Chinese Export Porcelain, London 2016, pp. 116-117, n. 35.