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Lot 253

An important Worcester guglet and bowl, circa 1760-65

15 November 2017, 10:30 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

£1,500 - £2,000

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An important Worcester guglet and bowl, circa 1760-65

Of slender pear shape with a bulbous neck and spreading rim, the bowl with a turnover rim, painted in blue with the 'Arabesque Panel Landscapes' pattern (I.B.25), the fine powder blue grounds reserving arabesque-shaped panels of detailed Chinese landscapes, smaller circular panels painted with flowers, guglet 29cm high, crescent and square marks (guglet cracked and rivetted and chipped to the rim) (2)

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Provenance (guglet only)
J W Goldsmith Collection
Godden Reference Collection
Zorensky Collection, sold by Bonhams, 16 March 2004, lot 350

The guglet is illustrated by Branyan, French and Sandon, Worcester Blue and White Porcelain (1981), p.122 where it was the only known example of the pattern recorded at the time of writing. See also Simon Spero and John Sandon, The Zorensky Collection (1996), p.431.

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