Country Americana
Description:
Tin-glazed Earthenware Octagonal Ming Dish, England, c. 1685-90, probably Bristol or possibly London, blue decorated with Chinese scholar seated in landscapes to both rim and center, lg. 7 3/4 in.
Provenance: The Troy Chappell Collection; D.M. & P. Manheim.
Literature: Similar illustrated in The Longridge Collection of English Slipware and Delftware, by L. Grigsby, vol. 2, p. 144, illus. D110.
Estimate $700-900
Age typical glaze wear and glaze chipping along points of rim., minor shallow scratches to the basin of the plate.
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