CIRCA 1750-1755, IRON-RED PAINTER'S 10

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A BOW LARGE TEABOWL
CIRCA 1750-1755, IRON-RED PAINTER'S 10
The interior with fruiting grapevine, the leaves in two shades of green, the exterior with a similar vine and with two doves strutting before a beehive raised on a four-legged table, bees buzzing overhead
5 in. (12.6 cm.) diameter

Provenance

With Frank Tilley, London, 1955
Gladys L. Robertson, Galt, Ontario.

Lot Essay

The beehive on the present bowl is closely related to Masonic emblems of the time, many found of Chinese Export porcelain and printed wares of the period. A similar Bow bowl with fruiting vine and inscribed in black with a painter's 10 is in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London (c.565-1922).

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