A pair of Chelsea plates

A pair of Chelsea plates, after Meissen originals, each decorated in Japanese Kakiemon style with the Yellow Tiger pattern, with the tiger encircling bamboo, and chrysanthemum issuing from 'banded hedges', the indented border with gilt flower heads, on a band of iron red flowers and leaves, brown line rims, 8 7/8" diameter, circa 1755, stilt marks

Provenance; The Collection of Mr and Mrs Gordon T Southam, Vancouver, Canada, acquired from the Antique Porcelain Company, London

Exhibited; Centennial Museum, Vancouver, Canada, Connoisseurs Choice Exhibition, 1968 

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