CIRCA 1785

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EIGHT SEPIA AND GILT CRESTED OCTAGONAL SOUP-PLATES
CIRCA 1785
En suite to the preceding lots, each enamelled with a different central scene including sailing boats in an estuary, figures in a horse-drawn cart, in a rowing boat, a figure walking along a path with a dog, figures fishing from a riverbank, figures on horseback crossing a bridge, and a thatched cottage, three cracked, a few minor rim chips
9 3/8 in. (23.8 cm.) wide (8)

Provenance

The original owner and illustrator, thence by descent

Special notice

No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis

Lot Essay

Another soup-plate with the scene of sailing boats in an estuary is illustrated by David S. Howard, Chinese Armorial Porcelain, London, 1974, p. 994; it is the only example of this design amongst the lots in this sale.

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