A Taste of Rococo: Porcelain from an American Private Collection

A Taste of Rococo: Porcelain from an American Private Collection

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A Chelsea 'Hans Sloane' Botanical Plate, Circa 1755

Lot Closed

October 18, 02:30 PM GMT

Estimate

6,000 - 8,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

A Chelsea 'Hans Sloane' Botanical Plate, Circa 1755


boldly painted with a large leafy spray of iron-red and yellow flowers and a dragonfly and smaller winged insect, both 'shadowed'.


Diameter 9 in.

22.8 cm

Anita O'Keeffe Young (1891-1985), sister of Georgia O'Keeffe;
Sotheby's New York, The Property of the Robert R. Young Foundation from the Estate of Anita O'Keeffe Young, October 10, 1985, lot 67;
The Porcelain Collector, Venice, California;
Dr. and Mrs. Sidney Merians Collection;
Sotheby's New York, October 22, 2010, lot 2