Fine Pottery & Porcelain - 21st February 2023

Lot 800

A large and early Bow mug

Estimate £150 - £250 | Hammer £250

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Description

A large and early Bow mug, c.1753-55, the bell-shaped body painted with a spray of pink peony and other flowering branches issuing from holey rockwork, the rim with stylized flower mons between bands of black trellis on a green ground, painter's numeral 10 inside the footrim, a crack at the base of the handle, 12.2cm.

Provenance: the David Stopher Collection.