Lot 45
45
A BOW POWDERED-BLUE-GROUND OBLONG OCTAGONAL DISH
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus bu… Read more
A BOW POWDERED-BLUE-GROUND OBLONG OCTAGONAL DISH

CIRCA 1762, IMITATION ORIENTAL CHARACTER MARKS

Details
A BOW POWDERED-BLUE-GROUND OBLONG OCTAGONAL DISH
CIRCA 1762, IMITATION ORIENTAL CHARACTER MARKS
Of conventional type, painted with an oriental in a sampan before buildings on a wooded river island, flanked by circular and fan-shaped medallions of flowers and river islands (stilt marks to rim)
9 5/8 in. (24.5 cm.) wide
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium

Lot Essay

Cf. Patricia Begg & Barry Taylor, 'Treasury of Bow, A Survey of the Bow Factory from First Patent until Closure 1744-1774', exhibition catalogue, Ceramic and Glass Circle of Australia (Melbourne, 2000), no. 140.

More from BRITISH AND CONTINENTAL CERAMICS

View All
View All