Fine Porcelain and Pottery - 25th February 2014

Lot 227

A large Bow blue and white bell-shaped mug c.1758-60

Estimate £600 - £800 | Hammer £600

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Description

A large Bow blue and white bell-shaped mug c.1758-60, painted with a landscape scene of a two-storeyed house flying a pennant flag beneath pine trees, the rim with a diaper band and flowerhead mon, painter's numeral to the inside of the footrim, 14.7cm high.

Cf. Phillips, The Watney Collection Part III, lot 834 for an earlier mug with the same pattern, which has been copied direct from Chinese porcelain.