A Bow blue and white Chinoiserie basin circa 1760-65

the center of the interior painted in underglaze-blue with a boat and buildings in a Chinese riverscape beneath a wide border of trailing peony sprays between bands of diaperwork and demi-flowerhead panels.

Some minor grittiness to the glaze in the cavetto and on the side above the two buildings on the far bank; a minor 1/8-in. flat chip and several additional very minor tiny chips to the footrim. Otherwise, generally good condition.
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A similar example is illustrated by Elizabeth Adams and David Redstone, Bow Porcelain, p. 169, pl. 106; another was sold at Christie's London, May 18, 1999, lot 16.