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Lot 41*

A Worcester teabowl and saucer, circa 1753-54

15 December 2020, 10:30 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

£900 - £1,200

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A Worcester teabowl and saucer, circa 1753-54

Of octagonal form, painted in famille verte style with vases, precious objects and feathers alternating with panels of flowering plants, insects in flight above flowering plants in the centre of the saucer, red cross-hatched borders inside the rims, saucer 10.7cm diam (2)

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Provenance
N Blackwell Wood Collection
Simon Spero exhibition, 2006, no.20
John Alchin Collection

The shape and pattern follow closely Chinese famille verte porcelain from the Kangxi period, perhaps suggesting that it was intended for connoisseur collectors rather than simply for use. Another example is illustrated by Simon Spero, The A J Smith Collection (2006), p.225. no.128. A Chinese prototype beaker is illustrated on the following page.

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