A rare Chelsea fluted teabowl, c.1750-52, the fluted form painted in famille rose enamels with

A rare Chelsea fluted teabowl, c.1750-52, the fluted form painted in famille rose enamels with flowering plants and lotus, the interior with a single floral sprig, a rim crack, 5cm high.

Provenance: the Roger and Patricia Daniels Collection. Purchased from Colin Self, Tasmania, during the 1980s.

Famille rose decoration is rare at Chelsea. The few examples that do exist are based on imported Chinese wares from the Yongzheng period (1722-39) and are of much finer quality than those being produced at the rival Bow factory. Cf. F S Mackenna, Chelsea Porcelain: The Triangle and Raised Anchor Wares, pl.18, no.41 for two beakers with similar decoration.