Lot 460. A Dutch Delft blue and white large charger, circa 1680-1700, 48.5cm., 19 1/8 in. diam. Estimate 600 £GB - 800 £GB. Lot sold 4,000 £GB. Photo: Sotheby's.

painted in Chinese 'transitional' style with a central cartouche of three figures in a walled garden, the seated figure burning incense, the rim painted with a three pairs of figures in a similar walled garden.

Literature: Newbattle Abbey, Midlothian, Inventory, 1930, p.22, Old Chinese Porcelain in Recess of Stairs; 'An old Delft blue & white circular dish decorated figures in the Chinese taste 19" diameter'

Sotheby's. Two Great Scottish Collections: Property from the Forbeses of Pitsligo and the Marquesses of Lothian, London, 28 Mar 2017