Four Chelsea Kakiemon `Damask'd' plates, circa 1753-4. Estimate 1,500 — 2,500 GBP. Photo Sotheby's.

each moulded after a Meissen original with Gotzkowsky erhaben Blumen, one painted in the centre with a coiled phoenix and flower sprays to the border, two painted with a pair of quail within prunus and corn stalks, the fourth painted in the centre with a red crane inside a border with two blue cranes and flowers, one with red anchor mark, Quantité: 4 - each approximately 23cm., 9in. diam.

Provenance: The first with Albert Amor Ltd (paper label to base)

Sotheby's, Collections, Londres, 27 oct. 2015, 10:30 AM