A large Bow mug c.1755

A large Bow mug c.1755, the slightly tapering cylindrical form with spreading foot, painted in bright polychrome enamels with a Chinese figure holding a basket of flowers, a moth in flight above, the reverse with flowering branches and reeds by the water's edge, red B mark, some rim faults, 12cm.

Provenance: from the collection of Lady Kate Davson, née Kate Foster (1938-2020). Formerly Ainslie, Sotheby's, 1960.