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Sparrow-Beaked Jug, Bow Porcelain Factory, circa 1763

$2,100
£1,595
€1,834.54
CA$2,934.11
A$3,271.87
CHF 1,707.12
MX$40,147.03
NOK 21,728.92
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A small pear-shaped milk jug, with a transfer-printed outline, filled with wet enamels, in the Chinese Mating Chickens pattern; the rear with symbols of pomegranate, leaves and censer. Prov: Taylor Collection; John Wilson Antiques 2008. Catalogue Entry: Of small pear shape on a high footrim; sparrow beak lip and simple loop handle. The body transfer outlined en-suite to Colection #239 in brown and painted in a soft mix of the usual famille rose palette of the Bow transfers in puce-pinks, yellow, plum, green and blue beneath a brown rim. The front with Chinese Mating Chickens (Peeping Tom) pattern; the rear with symbols of pomegranate, leaves and censer. Blue tinted glaze. Green straw translucency. Base. H.3.0in (7.7cm) Another, Joseph M. Handley Collection, (1991, 8.9), as circa 1770-72. The same decoration in slightly brighter colours is on a teapot and cover, Bulwer Collection, Norwich Castle Museum, 1946.70.656 as ‘circa 1755 or later’, illustrated Emmerson 1992, pp 127.
  • Creator:
    Bow Porcelain (Manufacturer)
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 3 in (7.62 cm)Diameter: 3 in (7.62 cm)
  • Style:
    Chinoiserie (Of the Period)
  • Materials and Techniques:
    Porcelain,Molded
  • Place of Origin:
  • Period:
  • Date of Manufacture:
    circa 1760
  • Condition:
    Wear consistent with age and use.
  • Seller Location:
    Melbourne, AU
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: 51491stDibs: LU3151320600842

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