A very rare Bow lobed teapot and cover, c.1753, after a Japanese shape, unusually painted in the

A very rare Bow lobed teapot and cover, c.1753, after a Japanese shape, unusually painted in the famille rose palette with the Two Quail pattern, three blue dots to the base, replacement handle, 16cm. (2)

Provenance: the Henry Lawrence Collection. Purchased Woolley and Wallis, 13th September 2011, lot 492.

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.

TO BE SOLD WITHOUT RESERVE.