Dish
ca. 1751 (made)
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Dish of shallow circular form, the soft-paste porcelain with a slightly blue glaze. On low footrim of square section. The decoration is in the Chinese style, painted in vivid underglaze blue. In the centre is a Chinese scroll decorated with flowering shrubs and a band of diaper at one end. On either side of the scroll are painted stylised branches with blossom and Chinese emblems. A border of diaper broken by four cartouches with stylised fruit and foliage runs around the rim. Underneath the rim are painted three long twigs.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Soft-paste porcelain, painted in underglaze blue |
| Brief description | Dish, soft-paste porcelain, painted in underglaze blue, Bow Porcelain Factory, England (London), ca. 1751 |
| Physical description | Dish of shallow circular form, the soft-paste porcelain with a slightly blue glaze. On low footrim of square section. The decoration is in the Chinese style, painted in vivid underglaze blue. In the centre is a Chinese scroll decorated with flowering shrubs and a band of diaper at one end. On either side of the scroll are painted stylised branches with blossom and Chinese emblems. A border of diaper broken by four cartouches with stylised fruit and foliage runs around the rim. Underneath the rim are painted three long twigs. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Bears a label marked 'Bow, highly phosphatic. Tested by D.A. MacAlister Dec. 1928' |
| Credit line | Given by Mr J. Riley |
| Object history | From the collection of the late Aubrey Toppin, sold at Sotheby's on 19 May 1970, lot 40. |
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| Bibliographic reference | For another of this pattern, see Anton Gabszewicz, Bow Porcelain: the Collection formed by Geoffrey Freeman (1982), cat. 67 (where dated ca. 1749-52) |
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| Accession number | C.102-1972 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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