A rare creamware bough pot, a campana vase and a further bough pot, circa 1775-90
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A rare creamware bough pot and a vase of 'Melbourne type', and another bough pot, circa 1775-850
The bough pot modelled as a bundle of bamboo stems, painted in green monochrome with formal flowers, 9.8cm high, the vase of slender campana shape with snake handles, also painted with flowers in green monochrome, 18.2cm high (some damage), together with another creamware bough pot of rectangular shape in neo-classical taste with a band of acanthus leaves highlighted in aquamarine, 20.9cm wide, incised 62 (lacking cover) (3)
Sold for £875 inc. premium

Footnotes

  • A pair of bamboo flower containers of the same unusual shape is in the Henry Weldon collection, illustrated by Leslie B. Grigsby (1990), p.248, item.137. While the shape is possibly derived from the well-known bamboo wares produced by Wedgwood, the form is ultimately based on Chinese export porcelain from the early 18th century.

Category: Decorative Arts / British Ceramics

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