A rare Bow creamjug or sauceboat, circa 1752A rare Bow creamjug or sauceboat, circa 1752Modelled as a half-peach raised on three bud feet, with a crabstock handle, applied in high relief with flowering prunus branches left in the white, the ground painted with famille rose flowers and precious objects, a green diaper and floral panel border below the inside rim, 12.8cm longProvenanceCrane Collection, Bonhams, 31 March 2010, lot 16Sylvia and Alan Low CollectionThis rare shape probably derives from a Chinese Yixing stoneware prototype. A Bow example left in the white is illustrated by Nicholas Panes, British Porcelain Sauceboats (2009), fig.109.