Fine Art Sale
Lot 469
A VAUXHALL BLUE AND WHITE SLOP BOWL AND PAIR OF SAUCERS
A VAUXHALL BLUE AND WHITE SLOP BOWL AND PAIR OF SAUCERS, C1755-60 the bowl painted in smudged blue with a European view and figure, the saucers with a Chinaman crossing a bridge between rockwork, bowl 12.5cm diamFor a saucer painted with the same European scene, which Geoffrey Godden postulated,was executed by a talented hand, perhaps trained to paint on tin glazed earthenware, see Godden (G A), Godden's Guide to English Blue and White Porcelain, Woodbridge 2004, plt 233 left. For a matching saucer but with sgraffito border detail, see Bonhams Catalogue of the Billie Pain Collection, 26 November 2003, lot 293.
Estimate: £300 - 400
Sold for £950