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n° 109
Titre : A Wedgwood caneware canopic jar and cover, early 19th century
Provenance : These jars were originally made in the Egyptian city of Canopus and were used to preserve the viscera of the deceased. The Wedgwood versions are based on plate CXXXII in Bernard de Montfaucon's 'L'Antiquité Expliquée' published in Paris in 1719, a book in Josiah Wedgwood's library. They were more typically produced in jasper ware. Three examples in blue and green jasper dip and caneware are illustrated by Robin Reilly, Wedgwood Jasper (1994), col. pl.63. An example in black jasper dip was sold by Bonhams on 4 November 2015, lot 1.Bonhams, Salle de vente
, London, UK
🔓Accès libre sans carte bancaire.
Titre de la vente : Fine Glass and British Ceramics
Date de la vente : 23/06/2021
🔓Accès libre sans carte bancaire.
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