A Chinese famille rose 'hunting' tankard
Circa 1780
The cylindrical body painted in underglaze blue and bright enamels with figures on horseback amidst hounds in pursuit of a fox seeking refugee in a tree, the rim painted with a band of butterflies reserved on a cell-pattern ground and a band of cash around the base, applied with a strap handle, glaze frits
13 cm. high
A Chinese famille rose 'hunting' tankard
Circa 1780
The cylindrical body painted in underglaze blue and bright enamels with figures on horseback amidst hounds in pursuit of a fox seeking refugee in a tree, the rim painted with a band of butterflies reserved on a cell-pattern ground and a band of cash around the base, applied with a strap handle, glaze frits
13 cm. high
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