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Variously known as 'Bengal Tiger', 'Kylin' and 'Dragon and Compartments', this pattern was taken directly from an early 18th century Chinese famille verte design of the Kangxi period.
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VARIOUS PROPERTIES
TWO CHAMBERLAIN'S WORCESTER ARMORIAL 'BENGAL TIGER' PLATES
CIRCA 1796-1798, IRON-RED SCRIPT MARKS
Details
TWO CHAMBERLAIN'S WORCESTER ARMORIAL 'BENGAL TIGER' PLATES
CIRCA 1796-1798, IRON-RED SCRIPT MARKS
Each painted with a crest of a deer before a tree, the border in the famille verte palette with four radiating panels alternating either a stylized dragon or vases in a still life on a table, the border with cell-pattern and half flower-heads, gilt scalloped rims
8 5/8 in. (21.8 cm.) diameter (2)
CIRCA 1796-1798, IRON-RED SCRIPT MARKS
Each painted with a crest of a deer before a tree, the border in the famille verte palette with four radiating panels alternating either a stylized dragon or vases in a still life on a table, the border with cell-pattern and half flower-heads, gilt scalloped rims
8 5/8 in. (21.8 cm.) diameter (2)