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A BOW IMARI BALUSTER MUG
CIRCA 1758
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A BOW IMARI BALUSTER MUG
CIRCA 1758
The grooved loop handle with heart-shaped terminal, painted in underglaze-blue and overglaze yellow, iron-red and gilding, with flowering shrubs issuing from pierced rockwork beside a fence, beneath a diaper and flowerhead border and brown line rim (minute blemish to rim)
4¾ in. (12 cm.) high
Provenance
The Albrecht Collection.
The Dawnay Collection.
Exhibited
Albert Amor Ltd., The Albrecht Collection (1988), no. 55.
Albert Amor Ltd., The Dawnay Collection (1991), no. 14.
Special notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis
Lot Essay
Cf. Anton Gabszewicz & Geoffrey Freeman, Bow Porcelain, The Collection Formed by Geoffrey Freeman (London, 1982), no. 71.