拍品专文
A similar monkey teapot marked for Manuel Mafra, Caldas was sold Christie's, New York, 20-21 January 2004, lot 882.
.jpg?w=1)
CIRCA 1880, THE FIRST WITH IMPRESSED CROWNED MARKS FOR MANUEL CIPRIANO MAFRA, CALDAS; THE SECOND WITH FAINT BLUE INDISTINCT OVAL MARK
细节
A PORTUGUESE MAJOLICA TROMPE L'OEIL COFFEE-POT, SUGAR-BOWL AND COVERS AND A MONKEY-FORM TEAPOT AND COVER
CIRCA 1880, THE FIRST WITH IMPRESSED CROWNED MARKS FOR MANUEL CIPRIANO MAFRA, CALDAS; THE SECOND WITH FAINT BLUE INDISTINCT OVAL MARK
The coffee-pot and sugar-bowl naturalistically modeled as serpents entwined around cabbage heads; the monkey modeled seated on a rock and nibbling a nut, its curled tail as the handle, a serpent as the spout, the cover as a tricorn hat
10½ in. (26.7 cm.) high, the coffee-pot (6)
CIRCA 1880, THE FIRST WITH IMPRESSED CROWNED MARKS FOR MANUEL CIPRIANO MAFRA, CALDAS; THE SECOND WITH FAINT BLUE INDISTINCT OVAL MARK
The coffee-pot and sugar-bowl naturalistically modeled as serpents entwined around cabbage heads; the monkey modeled seated on a rock and nibbling a nut, its curled tail as the handle, a serpent as the spout, the cover as a tricorn hat
10½ in. (26.7 cm.) high, the coffee-pot (6)
来源
Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 6-7 October 2005, lot 188 (the first).
注意事项
This lot is offered without reserve.