A Worcester teabowl, circa 1752-53The twelve-sided form moulded with deep concave flutes, brightly painted with a 'Strutting Bird' in a garden beside a vase, bamboo and pierced rockwork flanked by flowering peony, the reverse with an insect, a leaf and plant sprig to the interior, 7.5cm diam, incised numeral 3FootnotesProvenance Bonhams, 8 September 2010, lot 78 Sylvia and Alan Low Collection Similar examples from the Billie Pain and Sir Jeremy Lever Collections were sold by Bonhams on 26 November 2003, lot 118 and 7 March 2007, lot 13. Two similar teabowls, one with a saucer, from the A J Smith Collection are illustrated by Simon Spero, Worcester Porcelain and Lund's Bristol (2005), pp.151-2, figs.63-4. Spero refers to a Chinese teabowl and saucer of the same form in Bristol City Museum and Art Gallery, the likely origin of the shape.
A Worcester teabowl, circa 1752-53The twelve-sided form moulded with deep concave flutes, brightly painted with a 'Strutting Bird' in a garden beside a vase, bamboo and pierced rockwork flanked by flowering peony, the reverse with an insect, a leaf and plant sprig to the interior, 7.5cm diam, incised numeral 3FootnotesProvenance Bonhams, 8 September 2010, lot 78 Sylvia and Alan Low Collection Similar examples from the Billie Pain and Sir Jeremy Lever Collections were sold by Bonhams on 26 November 2003, lot 118 and 7 March 2007, lot 13. Two similar teabowls, one with a saucer, from the A J Smith Collection are illustrated by Simon Spero, Worcester Porcelain and Lund's Bristol (2005), pp.151-2, figs.63-4. Spero refers to a Chinese teabowl and saucer of the same form in Bristol City Museum and Art Gallery, the likely origin of the shape.
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