A Bow hexagonal vase circa 1755

painted in kakiemon-style on three sides with a phoenix perched on a flowering branch, the alternating sides painted with flowering peony, 24cm., 9½in., chip and haircracks to rim;  together with two Bow fluted plates and two fluted dishes, circa 1755-60, each painted in kakiemon-style with the Two Quail pattern, minor restoration to rim of one plate, two minor haircracks to the other, each with a gilt-wood bracket shelf.

The two plates formerly in the collection of the Duke of Northumberland.
Sotheby's London, 25th October 1966, lot 336.
The Albrecht Collection.
With Albert Amor Ltd., London.

Vase: shallow chip to rim, approx. 1in. by ¼in. at deepest point. Two fine haircracks to the rim, each approx. ½in. two glaze nicks to rim. Horizontal scratch to body, approx. 3in. length. Plates: one has two small restored rim chips. The other has two fine haircarcks to the rim, approx. 1in. and 2in. Dishes: overall in good condition. One has some black specking to the glaze. Both with some scuffing to the glaze around the rim.
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