Lot Essay
See Anton Gabszewicz, Bow Porcelain, The Collection Formed by Geoffrey Freeman, London, 1982, pp. 84-85, no. 125 for a vase of similar form.
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PROPERTY FROM A TEXAS ESTATE
TWO BOW VASES AND COVERS
CIRCA 1760
Details
TWO BOW VASES AND COVERS
CIRCA 1760
Each oviform, the high domed cover with knop finial and painted by the same hand, one with fanciful pheasants and scattered insects beneath a brown line rim, the other with a swan swimming amidst bullrushes, a blue heron at the right and with scattered flower sprigs, the rim undecorated
7 5/8 in. (14.3 cm.) high (4)
CIRCA 1760
Each oviform, the high domed cover with knop finial and painted by the same hand, one with fanciful pheasants and scattered insects beneath a brown line rim, the other with a swan swimming amidst bullrushes, a blue heron at the right and with scattered flower sprigs, the rim undecorated
7 5/8 in. (14.3 cm.) high (4)
Provenance
with James A. Lewis & Son, New York