M. FORD CREECH ANTIQUES
 

 PAIR OF Bow Powder Blue Octagonal DESSERT Plates

England, c1758-60

Pseudo Chinese Character Marks

 

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Each octagonal plate with a circular central well depicting an island riverscape with formal

buildings and a willow to the right, and a pine trees to the left, all before rocks, the sky with birds; the even

powder blue ground with reserved  panels: four fan-shaped border panels painted with  willow trees on a rock,

alternating with four small round panels of lotus sprigs; the verso with twigs beneath the rim and pseudo

Chinese character marks

 

Condition: Each with firing flaws and small rim nicks

 

7.5" and 7 5/8" Diameter

 

#5523

 

Price: Please Inquire

 

 

Bow Powder Blue Octagonal Dessert Plate, and Isleworth Fluted Dessert Plate, shown with a Kangxi Powder (or Blown)

Blue Dish, c1690-1720 (center).  Bow, Worcester and Isleworth copied the Chinese export originals, blowing dry

cobalt through a bamboo straw  onto an oiled surface, masking the reserves for painting.  They are among the most striking

of all early English porcelains.

 

 

 

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