TWO WORCESTER BLUE-SCALE KIDNEY-SHAPED DISHES
1768-1772, blue pseudo-Chinese fret marks
Each painted in the center with a cruciform bouquet, garlands of similar flowers suspended in a swag at each end, the wide border with sprays of flowers alternate with single butterflies reserved on the blue-scale ground within gilt foliate cartouches, gilt line rim
11 in. (28 cm.) wide (2)
Provenance
with James A. Lewis & Son, Inc., New York.
Lot Essay
See note to lot 131.
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