Fine Porcelain and Pottery - 24th February 2015

Lot 98

A Worcester heart-shaped dessert dish c.1770

Estimate £250 - £350 | Hammer £300

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Description

A Worcester heart-shaped dessert dish c.1770, richly decorated in the Kakiemon palette with the Phoenix pattern, two of the long-tailed mythical birds in flight or perched on corn stooks and amidst flowering chrysanthemum, within elaborate gilt and red chain and hatched borders, 26cm.

Provenance: from the collection of Anthony Tuke.