A BOW WHITE OVAL LIBATION-CUP

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A BOW WHITE OVAL LIBATION-CUP
Circa 1755

After a Fujian original, moulded with a sparse prunus-spray, the reverse with a lotus branch, supported on a pierced oval base (two small chips to rim)
4 1/8in. (10.5cm.) wide

Lot Essay

See Anton Gabszewicz and Geoffrey Freeman, op.cit., p. 44, no. 44 for the example from the E.H. Goulburn Collection sold in these Rooms on 8 December 1980, lot 154. Cf. also George Savage, 18th Century English Porcelain, pl. 109A and the example from the Rous Lench Collection sold in these Rooms on 30 May 1990, lot 361

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