Live Auction 221019th Century Furniture, Sculpture, Works of Art & Ceramics
Christie’s roundel
Lot 265

A MINTONS MAJOLICA TURQUOISE-GROUND AMPHORA VASE

DATE CYPHER FOR 1872, IMPRESSED UPPERCASE MARK, MODEL NO. 1014, N AND CYPHER, BLACK PAINTED 2, DESIGNED BY CHRISTOPHER DRESSER

Closed20 October 2009

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A MINTONS MAJOLICA TURQUOISE-GROUND AMPHORA VASE
DATE CYPHER FOR 1872, IMPRESSED UPPERCASE MARK, MODEL NO. 1014, N AND CYPHER, BLACK PAINTED 2, DESIGNED BY CHRISTOPHER DRESSER
In the Chinese taste, the shoulder molded with a lappet band, supported by three scroll arms surmounted by gaping animal masks, all on a foliate base pierced with scrolls and raised on three bracket feet
35¼ in. (89.5 cm.) high

Specialist note

Two vases of this form were displayed in A.B. Daniell & Son's booth at the 1876 Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition, of which this is possibly one (see the steroptic image reproduced above). Christopher Dresser originally designed this 'Chinese bottle' form for the London International Exhibition of 1862. See Joan Jones, Minton, The First Two Hundred Years of Design and Production, Shrewsbury, 1993, p. 89 for two drawings of the form attributed to Dresser. Also compare the example sold from a Private collection, Sotheby's, New York, 11 March 1997, lot 293.