Antique Chinese & Japanese PorcelainEuropean Ceramics & Works of Art
Bow 'Golfer and Caddy' sauceboat, circa 1756, with gently scalloped rim and applied loop handle, decorated to either side with a Chinese gentleman holding a sceptre attended by a boy carrying scrolls in his arms, in a garden setting with grasses and ferns amongst rockwork and flowering branches overhead; the interior with undulating blue band to the rim and pair of beribboned scrolls in the centre, the handle with small florets.
Dimensions:
Length: 19.7cm., height: 9.8cm. (3 7/8 in.)
Condition:
Broken in half and restuck, rivet holes filled, frits to rim
Notes:
A Bow sauceboat of very similar design can be found in the collection of the Victoria & Albert Museum (C.566-1924)
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