Jim Peake
Head of Department
Lot 150*
A rare Bow decagonal teacup and saucer, circa 1756-58
29 September 2020, 10:30 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £535.50 inc. premium
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Fergus Gambon
Director
A rare Bow decagonal teacup and saucer, circa 1756-58
Painted in Kakiemon style with the 'Lady in a Pavilion' pattern, the elegant lady seated in a formal garden with birds in flight, beneath stylised tassels and drapery, brown line rims, saucer 13.8cm wide, inventory numbers in red (2)
Footnotes
This pattern originated in 17th century Japanese porcelain wares and was copied by Chantilly, Meissen and other European factories. In England it was copied at Chelsea and, at a slightly later date, at Bow. A similar Bow saucer is illustrated by JVG Mallet, A Chelsea Talk, ECC Trans., Vol.6, Pt.1 (1965), pl.26(b). A 'Japan Octagon cup and saucer lady pattern' was loaned to Bow by Lady Cavendish in 1756, presumably for the purpose of copying. A similar teabowl and saucer is in the National Gallery of Victoria, illustrated in A Treasury of Bow, Ceramics and Glass Circle of Australia (2000), p.38, no.69. See also the Porcelain for Palaces exhibition catalogue (1990), p.279, no.327.
