A Bow butter tub with cover and stand c.1756-60

A Bow butter tub with cover and stand c.1756-60, the cylindrical body painted in Kakiemon enamels with the Flaming Tortoise pattern, the eponymous creature with storks and a scaly dragon amidst flowering plants and gnarled branches, the tub broken and restuck, 17.3cm. (3)

Provenance: from the collection of Lady Kate Davson, née Kate Foster (1938-2020).

Exhibited: Ashmolean Museum 2009-2020.