Lot Essay
Cf. Bernard M.Watney, Liverpool Porcelain of the Eighteenth Century (Somerset, 1997), p. 65, fig. 239.
THE LIVERPOOL BOWL CIRCA 1760-65; THE CHINESE BOWL AND TEACADDY 18TH CENTURY; THE JAPANESE KUTANI BOWL 19TH CENTURY; THE WORCESTER TEACADDY CIRCA 1770, BLUE CHINESE SEAL-MARK
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A Liverpool bowl; a Chinese punch-bowl; a Kutani bowl; a Chinese teacaddy; and a Worcester teacaddy
THE LIVERPOOL BOWL CIRCA 1760-65; THE CHINESE BOWL AND TEACADDY 18TH CENTURY; THE JAPANESE KUTANI BOWL 19TH CENTURY; THE WORCESTER TEACADDY CIRCA 1770, BLUE CHINESE SEAL-MARK
The Liverpool bowl painted in blue with 'The Bird on a Branch' pattern; the Chinese punch-bowl painted with revelers and musicians to the exterior, the interior with a small group of Orientals dancing; the Kutani bowl of petal form painted in iron-red with panels of scrolling foliage and swags above a well with three Orientals; the Chinese teacaddy of baluster form, painted with the 'Mandarin' pattern on a pierced gilt-scroll base; the Worcester teacaddy painted and gilt in a bright Oriental palette with panels of mythical beasts alternating with panels of flowers and jardinières on tables, below a shagreen and iron-red cell-pattern border (chip to footrim and neck, lacking cover)
The first 6¼ in. (16 cm.) diam. (5)
THE LIVERPOOL BOWL CIRCA 1760-65; THE CHINESE BOWL AND TEACADDY 18TH CENTURY; THE JAPANESE KUTANI BOWL 19TH CENTURY; THE WORCESTER TEACADDY CIRCA 1770, BLUE CHINESE SEAL-MARK
The Liverpool bowl painted in blue with 'The Bird on a Branch' pattern; the Chinese punch-bowl painted with revelers and musicians to the exterior, the interior with a small group of Orientals dancing; the Kutani bowl of petal form painted in iron-red with panels of scrolling foliage and swags above a well with three Orientals; the Chinese teacaddy of baluster form, painted with the 'Mandarin' pattern on a pierced gilt-scroll base; the Worcester teacaddy painted and gilt in a bright Oriental palette with panels of mythical beasts alternating with panels of flowers and jardinières on tables, below a shagreen and iron-red cell-pattern border (chip to footrim and neck, lacking cover)
The first 6¼ in. (16 cm.) diam. (5)
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