A rare Bow mug, circa 1775 Of bell-shape form, the gilt-decorated handle with a heart-shaped terminal, painted with exotic birds including a parrot displaying particularly colourful plumage, the panels edged with gilt rococo and foliate borders and reserved against a wet blue ground, a gilt dentil border below the rim, 12cm high, anchor and dagger mark in red Footnotes: Provenance Anton Gabszewicz Collection Literature Anton Gabszewicz, 'Later Bow Porcelain: a suggested chronology', ECC Trans, Vol.27 (2016), p.61, fig.30 A very similar mug was in the Col. L. Walker Collection, sold by Christie's on 21 October 2004, lot 259. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing