A CHINESE EXPORT FAMILLE ROSE INITIALLED PLATTER,
SECOND QUARTER 19TH CENTURY,
decorated with a courtyard scene with Chinese figures at leisure, the border with flowers, fruit and butterflies on a gold ground, interrupted by six lappet-shaped reserves
16¼in. (41.2cm.) wide
Lot Essay
The monogram may be that of Isiah Thomas, Jr., of Worcester, MA, whose father founded the American Antiquarian Society in 1812.