Four Bow coffee cups, circa 1752-55 Three with plain loop handles, painted in bright blue with Chinese landscapes, one with a hut with a high conical roof among flowering bamboo and pylon trees, another with a hut among boulders and a tall pine tree, the third with a similar island, a fisherman standing in a sampan, the fourth cup with an ear-shaped handle, painted with banana trees and a pine tree behind a fence, a line border below the interior rim, 5.7cm high, two with painter's marks, a single dot and a three dot motif (4) Footnotes: Provenance Watney Collection, Phillips, 1 November 2000, Lot 840 (three cups with loop handles) Anton Gabszewicz Collection The first-mentioned example takes elements of the early 'Pagoda, Hut and Pine' pattern, found on an important Bow inkwell inscribed and dated 'MADE AT NEW CANTON 1750', illustrated and discussed by Anton Gabszewicz and Jacqui Pearce, 'Bow porcelain revealed: finds from excavations in High Street, Stratford, 2006, Part II', ECC Trans, Vol.32 (2021-22), p.41, fig.77. The pagoda has been left out, presumably adapted to fit the small circumference of the coffee cup but distinctive elements like the stylised cloud scrolls remain. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing