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Lot 336

A rare Vauxhall teabowl, two slop bowls and a saucer, circa 1754-63

14 November 2018, 10:30 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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A rare Vauxhall teabowl, two slop bowls and a saucer, circa 1754-63

The teabowl painted in blue with a horse beneath a fringed tree, 7.2cm diam, one bowl painted in blue with two figures in a Chinese landscape, 15cm diam, the other painted in imari colours and gold with a bird on a branch, 14.6cm diam, the saucer with a man crossing a bridge in the same colours, 12cm diam (4)

Footnotes

The rare horse of Mu Wang design is a direct copy of a Chinese pattern, the horse representing speed and perseverance in Buddhism. A fragment of the pattern was found on the factory site and a saucer is illustrated by Steven Goss, British Blue and White Porcelain Saucers (2018), no.180, p.98

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