A fine small B&W Lowestoft teabowl painted with a Chinese river scene c1780-90

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A fine small B&W Lowestoft teabowl painted with a Chinese river scene c1780-90See our website periodceramicsandantiques. org. Description. A fine tea bowl, painted in the inky Lowestoft blue, with a Chinese river scene, consisting of a building standing upon a block like wall. Stylised trees and foliage together, with cannonball like devices on the opposite side of the bowl to the principal image. Mercury Antiques sticker. Condition. In fine antique condition. Dimensions. 7cm in diameter. We do not offer combined postage as the

and of a vaguely Chinese form

but provide powerful evidence of authenticity

flanked by four smaller birds

beautifully painted with loose bouquets

Heavily gilded rim and base decoration

placing the manufacturing date towards the end of the 1760's

The piece is certainly beautifully moulded and painted to a standard rarely achieved by even the major porcelain manufacturers

Elaborate shell-shaped moulding

in blue-slate-grey

A tiny underglaze rim chip deriving from original manufacture

The milkmaid is relatively finely modelled

with an attractive scene of garden flowers in a basket