A Chelsea lobed dish, circa 1755

of quatrefoil form, finely painted in pale colours with a mandarin figure and assistant in a walled garden surrounded by flowering prunus,

The Dr. Douglas Stanley collects ion; sold by order of the executors, Replica Shoes 's London, 30th January 1942, lot 17 (part-lot.);
acquired at the above sale.

Some specking and scuff marks to the glaze.Very minor wear to enamels.
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A Chelsea decagonal dish painted in a similar famille-rose palette with flowering peonies and a bird in branches, which had previously been in the G. E. Bryant collects ion, was in the Property of Dr. and Mrs. Bellamy Gardner, sold Replica Shoes 's London 12th June 1941, lot 37. The companion dish is illustrated by William King, Chelsea Porcelain, London, 1910, pl. 22, fig. 2.