31 Mar 2010
10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street
The Crane Collection of 18th Century English Porcelain
Back to auction 18424
The Crane Collection of 18th Century English Porcelain
Back to auction 18424
An extremely rare Worcester octagonal teabowl and saucer
circa 1752-3
Painted in colours with a Chinese lady or 'Long Eliza' holding a ruyi hung with a ribbon, standing by a diagonal tree with a garden seat behind, a boy runs towards her with his arms raised, curious shaped rocks at the sides, a simple ribboned Precious Object inside the bowl, the saucer 11.2cm wide, the bowl 7cm diam (the saucer with a tiny chip and several firing blemishes) (2)
Painted in colours with a Chinese lady or 'Long Eliza' holding a ruyi hung with a ribbon, standing by a diagonal tree with a garden seat behind, a boy runs towards her with his arms raised, curious shaped rocks at the sides, a simple ribboned Precious Object inside the bowl, the saucer 11.2cm wide, the bowl 7cm diam (the saucer with a tiny chip and several firing blemishes) (2)
Sold for
£9,360
inc. premium
Footnotes
- Provenance: the LCA Quie Collection, the Faith and Dewayne Perry Collection, exhibited by Simon Spero, October 2008, catalogue no. 29. This rare pattern is only known on teabowls and saucers of this distinctive shape. A similar example in the A J Smith Collection is illustrated by Simon Spero, Lund's Bristol and Early Worcester Porcelain (2005), fig. 84. The Smith Collection also includes a vase, fig. 81, featuring a similar boy in reverse.
Category: Decorative Arts / British Ceramics
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