A rare Chelsea oval dish

A rare Chelsea oval dish, brightly painted in coloured enamels in Japanese Kakiemon style with flowering branches issuing from a blue rock, the indented border painted with insects, brown line rim, 13 3/4" wide, circa 1754-55, red anchor mark

For a pair of plates in this rare pattern, see Albert Amor Limited,Treasures from Toronto Exhibition,1993, number 5

A further pair of plates are in the Frances and Emory Cocke Collection, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, USA 

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