Lot Essay
An almost identical saucer-dish from the Martin-Hurst Collection is illustrated by G. Williamson, op.cit., 1970, pl.XXXI (centre); another from the Salting Collection in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, is illustrated by W. B. Honey, Guide to the Later Chinese Porcelain, London, 1927, pl.89 and p.53; and for the example from the Morrison Collection, see R. Soame Jenyns, Later Chinese Porcelain, London, 1951, pl.LIV, fig.2. Others have sold in these Rooms: 12 July 1945, lot 57 (420 gns. for a pair), property of the late R.W.M. Walker; 15 and 16 May, 1946, lot 182 (280 gns.), property of the late W. J. Holt; 30 April 1956, lot 11; and 6 June 1956, lot 103 (550 gns).