Style New York: Silver, Ceramics, Furniture
Style New York: Silver, Ceramics, Furniture
Property from a Park Avenue Private Collection
A Bow Chinoiserie Polychrome Octagonal Plate, Circa 1755
Lot Closed
April 21, 06:27 PM GMT
Estimate
1,000 - 1,500 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property from a Park Avenue Private Collection
A Bow Chinoiserie Polychrome Octagonal Plate, Circa 1755
painted with a stylized Chinoiserie male figure seated beside a table and under a tree, with a winged insect in flight to his side, and leafy sprigs around the brown edged-rim
width 8 ⅝ in.
22 cm
Two octagonal plates painted in this rare design were in the Frank Tilley Collection, sold at Sotheby's London, November 24, 1938, lots 72, and subsequently sold in the same rooms, January 28, 1964, lot 223. One of the plates was later sold at Sotheby's London, April 3, 1973, lot 157.