Lot Essay
A similar bowl decorated with Kakiemon flower-sprays is illustrated in F. Severne Mackenna, Chelsea Porcelain, the Triangle and Raised Anchor Wares, London, 1948, pl. 19.
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CIRCA 1752-55
Details
TWO CHELSEA KAKIEMON PORCELAIN OCTAGONAL BOWLS
CIRCA 1752-55
The exterior of one painted with an exotic bird in flight with flowering prunus and tied bamboo, the rim with alternating yellow and iron-red flowerheads, the interior with a long-tailed exotic bird, the other with bamboo before stylised rockwork and branches of flowering prunus, the rim with blue scrolls, green leaves and iron-red and yellow flowerheads, the interior with two phoenix (small rim chip)
Each 4 1/8 in. (10.5 cm.) wide (2)
CIRCA 1752-55
The exterior of one painted with an exotic bird in flight with flowering prunus and tied bamboo, the rim with alternating yellow and iron-red flowerheads, the interior with a long-tailed exotic bird, the other with bamboo before stylised rockwork and branches of flowering prunus, the rim with blue scrolls, green leaves and iron-red and yellow flowerheads, the interior with two phoenix (small rim chip)
Each 4 1/8 in. (10.5 cm.) wide (2)
Provenance
Probably acquired by either Georgiana, 1st Countess Spencer or Frederick, 4th Earl Spencer, either for Spencer House, London or Althorp, Northamptonshire, and thence by descent.
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