Large china mug. Qianlong, 18th century, circa... Lot 47

Large china mug. Qianlong, 18th century, circa 1790-95. Cylindrical in shape, with a twisted handle, polychrome and gold decoration with a monogram RB above a portico and under a celestial vault, on either side the moon and the sun with masonic elements, braids on the edges, small chip at the rim, chips, small wears. H: 15.5 cm For a similar model, preserved in the collections of the Wintherthur Museum, see by F. and N. Hervouët and Y. Bruneau, La Porcelaine des Compagnies des Indes à décor occidental, Paris, 1986, p. 279, no. 12.1; and by David S. Howard, The choice of the private trader, The Private Market in Chinese Export Porcelain illustrated from the Hodroff collection, Italy, 1994, p. 196.