A very rare Bow lobed teapot and cover c.1753

A very rare Bow lobed teapot and cover c.1753, after a Japanese shape, unusually painted in the famille rose palette with a kakiemon design of two quail beneath prunus and chrysanthemum sprays, three blue dots to the base, replacement handle, 16cm. (2) Cf. Anton Gabszewicz and Geoffrey Freeman, Bow Porcelain, col.pl. III, p.48 for the same shape in a different pattern. Only five other examples of this teapot shape are known at Bow, and this is believed to be the only example decorated in the famille rose palette.