Lot Essay
A similar mark occurs in Anton Gabszewicz's Made in New Canton exhibition catalogue, 14 April - January 2001 (London, Newham, Hanley, Worcester), p. 34, No. 17
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CIRCA 1765, MOCK ORIENTAL CHARACTER MARKS
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Two Bow powder-blue circular plates and a heart-shaped serving-dish
CIRCA 1765, MOCK ORIENTAL CHARACTER MARKS
The plates painted with a circular medallion of a boater on a river before a pagoda on an island and a further island, within a broad border decorated with four fan-shaped and four circular medallions of huts on islands and flower-sprays, within shaped rims (one extensively cracked and repaired, the second with small footrim chip); the heart-shaped serving-dish similarly decorated with a trefoil-shaped medallion painted with a boater on a river before a pagoda on an island and a further island, with three fan-shaped and four circular medallions of huts on islands and flower-sprays (hairline crack and chipping to rim)
The first 7 7/8 in. (19.7 cm.) wide; the serving-dish 10½ in. (26.6 cm.) wide (3)
CIRCA 1765, MOCK ORIENTAL CHARACTER MARKS
The plates painted with a circular medallion of a boater on a river before a pagoda on an island and a further island, within a broad border decorated with four fan-shaped and four circular medallions of huts on islands and flower-sprays, within shaped rims (one extensively cracked and repaired, the second with small footrim chip); the heart-shaped serving-dish similarly decorated with a trefoil-shaped medallion painted with a boater on a river before a pagoda on an island and a further island, with three fan-shaped and four circular medallions of huts on islands and flower-sprays (hairline crack and chipping to rim)
The first 7 7/8 in. (19.7 cm.) wide; the serving-dish 10½ in. (26.6 cm.) wide (3)
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