A Worcester teabowl, circa 1752-53A Worcester teabowl, circa 1752-53The twelve-sided form moulded with deep concave flutes, brightly painted with a 'Strutting Bird' in a garden beside a vase, bamboo and pierced rockwork flanked by flowering peony, the reverse with an insect, a leaf and plant sprig to the interior, 7.5cm diam, incised numeral 3ProvenanceBonhams, 8 September 2010, lot 78Sylvia and Alan Low CollectionSimilar examples from the Billie Pain and Sir Jeremy Lever Collections were sold by Bonhams on 26 November 2003, lot 118 and 7 March 2007, lot 13. Two similar teabowls, one with a saucer, from the A J Smith Collection are illustrated by Simon Spero, Worcester Porcelain and Lund's Bristol (2005), pp.151-2, figs.63-4. Spero refers to a Chinese teabowl and saucer of the same form in Bristol City Museum and Art Gallery, the likely origin of the shape.