Bowl, possibly a broth bowl, cover and stand missing, hard paste porcelain, formerly with pair of intertwined handles, one now lost (recreated 2011) blue painted Two Temples or Pagoda pattern with butterfly border, central motif in well and gilt rim an

Bowl, possibly a broth bowl, cover and stand missing, hard paste porcelain, formerly with pair of intertwined handles, one now lost (recreated 2011) blue painted Two Temples or Pagoda pattern with butterfly border, central motif in well and gilt rim and handle terminals; not marked, made in Jingdezhen, Jiangxi Province, China, gilt details probably added in England, c1780-1790
this painted pattern was one of those reproduced by contemporary English manufacturers in blue printed versions
the addition of gilding to blue and white Chinese export ware was a speciality of Miles Mason during his early career as a china merchant in Fenchurch Street, London in the 1780s