English and European Ceramics and Glass - 16th June 2021
Lot 453
A Bow butter tub with cover and stand c.1756-60
Estimate £300 - £500 | Hammer £420
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Description
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.