Lot 106 A rare Bow duck tureen and cover, circa 1755-58
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| 拍卖时间 | 2026年07月01日 |
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A rare Bow duck tureen and cover, circa 1755-58
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Naturalistically modelled as a mallard drake with its head turned to one side, the wings and tail forming the cover, carefully painted with a green head and yellow bill, the feathers in tones of brown with green flashes, a collar left in the white, 12.5cm long (2)
Footnotes
Provenance
Jupiter Antiques exhibition, 2019, no.67
Literature
White, Mary, Beasts at the Whites' House, Vol.1, 2020, p.186
A single duck tureen is illustrated by Anton Gabszewicz and Geoffrey Freeman, Bow Porcelain, 1982, no.264 and was sold by Bonhams on 5 December 2007, lot 168. A pair was sold by Bonhams on 30 November 2022, lot 228. A further pair is illustrated by Yvonne Hackenbroch, Chelsea and other English Porcelain, Pottery and Enamel in the Irwin Untermyer Collection, 1957, col. pl.10, fig.20, where the source is given as George Edwards, A Natural History of Uncommon Birds, Vol.3, pl.157. However, the print shows little similarity to the porcelain model and another as yet unknown source may have been used. See Paul Crane, 'Nature, Porcelain and Enlightenment: George Edwards and the Chelsea porcelain Birds', , Vol.28, 2017, p.62, figs.78 and 79.
Footnotes
Provenance
Jupiter Antiques exhibition, 2019, no.67
Literature
White, Mary, Beasts at the Whites' House, Vol.1, 2020, p.186
A single duck tureen is illustrated by Anton Gabszewicz and Geoffrey Freeman, Bow Porcelain, 1982, no.264 and was sold by Bonhams on 5 December 2007, lot 168. A pair was sold by Bonhams on 30 November 2022, lot 228. A further pair is illustrated by Yvonne Hackenbroch, Chelsea and other English Porcelain, Pottery and Enamel in the Irwin Untermyer Collection, 1957, col. pl.10, fig.20, where the source is given as George Edwards, A Natural History of Uncommon Birds, Vol.3, pl.157. However, the print shows little similarity to the porcelain model and another as yet unknown source may have been used. See Paul Crane, 'Nature, Porcelain and Enlightenment: George Edwards and the Chelsea porcelain Birds', , Vol.28, 2017, p.62, figs.78 and 79.
