A rare Worcester blue and white bowl c.1758

A rare Worcester blue and white bowl c.1758, one side printed with the Fence pattern, the reverse with an unusual small print of Guai-Shi, a figure in a boat beneath willow, 15.2cm dia.

Paper label for the Godden Reference Collection.

Cf. The Joseph M. Handley Collection, 18th Century English Transfer-Printed Porcelain and Enamels, p.138 for the same print as a Smoky Primitive on a bowl. The print is taken from series designed for books, the source unknown.