Lot Essay
Cf. Detroit Institute of Arts, English Pottery and Porcelain 1300 - 1850, Jan. - Feb. 1954; lent by the Art Institute of Chicago, for a similar example
Property from the Estate of
JOAN and HERBERT KLEE
A PAIR OF STAFFORDSHIRE SALTGLAZE SHAPED-CIRCULAR SOUP-PLATES
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A PAIR OF STAFFORDSHIRE SALTGLAZE SHAPED-CIRCULAR SOUP-PLATES
CIRCA 1755
Each enamelled with a Chinaman in puce-lined purple tunic, yellow trousers and green hat handing from a twisted flowering tree issuing from a grassy mound within the shaped edge moulded and painted with colourful flowering sprigs (one with slight crack and rim chip)--9½in. (24cm.) diam. (2)
CIRCA 1755
Each enamelled with a Chinaman in puce-lined purple tunic, yellow trousers and green hat handing from a twisted flowering tree issuing from a grassy mound within the shaped edge moulded and painted with colourful flowering sprigs (one with slight crack and rim chip)--9½in. (24cm.) diam. (2)