Very Rare Bow Porcelain Vase c1755

Description

Heading : Bow porcelain vase
Date : c1755
Period : George II
Marks : None
Origin : Bow. London. England
Colour : Famille verte
Pattern : Unknown
Features : Foot with cut out rim
Condition : Firing crack to base
Restoration : None
Height : 28.2 cms

Modelled on the shape of an 18th century sake bottle. For a similar example see Porcelain For Palaces – English Ceramics Circle p284. Also see Bow Porcelain- Anton Gabszewicz p52 for a pair of bottles with the same neck decoration and famille verte decoration. We have been able to locate only one other example.