English and European Ceramics and Glass - 16th June 2021
Lot 473
A large Bow mug c.1755
Estimate £300 - £500 | Hammer £1100
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Description
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.