CIRCA 1740

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A PAIR OF LARGE FAMILLE ROSE DISHES; AND AN OVAL DISH EN SUITE
Circa 1740
Each enamelled with two sheep, one recumbent and one standing, on a grassy bank below a tree peony branch issuing from rockwork, a band of gilt spearheads in the well and three composite floral sprays at the border, one dish repaired, oval dish with underside chips
13¾ in. (35 cm.) diam., oval dish 15½ in. (39.4 cm.) wide (3)

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Lot Essay

A plate from this unusual service was on loan to the Museum of the City of New York, having been in the Alexander and Elizabether Schuyler Hamilton Collection and lent by the Estate of Mrs. John Church Hamilton; see J. McClure Mudge, Chinese Export Porcelain in North America, 1986, no.246 (left).

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