Two early Bow bowls, circa 1750 The larger example decorated in the 'Island House' pattern, in a palette of iron red, brown, yellow and green, the islands and bridge highlighted in gilding, the smaller bowl featuring a 'Strutting Bird' flanked by pierced purple rockwork issuing foliage and a fence, 14.9cm diam and 12.3cm diam, with incised line marks, the smaller with painter's numeral '9' (2) Footnotes: Provenance Barford Collection Anton Gabszewicz Collection Literature Ross Ramsay and Anton Gabszewicz, 'The Chemistry of 'A'-Marked Porcelain and its relation to the Heylyn and Frye Patent of 1744', ECC Trans, Vol.18, Pt.2 (2003), p.274, figs.14a & 14b (larger bowl) The 'Island House' pattern was originally derived from Chinese export porcelain. When discussing the 'Island House' bowl included in this lot, Ramsay and Gabszewicz note that painters often rearranged elements of a pattern to best fit the shape of the piece they were decorating. In this example, the painter has done so with the addition of the pavilion and bridge meaningfully connecting two islands which, in other renderings, appear separately. See also the rectangular tea canister of 'A'-marked class, housed at the National Gallery of Victoria, acc.no.4696-D3. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing