An English delftware scalloped plate, mid 18th century
Of very distinctive shape, thickly-potted with a lobed and scalloped rim, painted in bright polychrome with a Kakiemon-inspired pattern of flowering plants by a short fence, the border with scrollwork enclosing stylised plant motifs, 24cm diam
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Provenance:Sold in these rooms, Phillips, 3 June 1998, lot 331Syd Levethan, Longridge Collection, Christie's sale 24 January 2011, lot 160Literature:Illustrated by Leslie B. Grigsby, the Longridge Collection of English Slipware and Delftware (2000), fig.D130An example of the same shape, in the Victoria and Albert Museum appears to be copied from French (Rouen) faience, see Michael Archer, Delftware (1997), fig.B140.