A Chinese Export porcelain Grisaille and Famille Rose plate with the Danby Gate in Oxford circa 1767

After the engraving published in Oxford in 1713; sold together with a Chinese Export porcelain plate with botanical decoration, circa 1730-1740.

(Dia: 9 in.)

Provenance

Danby Gate plate: Estate of William Yerrington Dear, Jr. and Thelma Tipson Dear
Christie's, New York, December 15, 2007, lot 474
Plate with botanical decoration: Elinor Gordon, Villanova, Pennsylvania
Property of a Virginia lady.

Note

The Danby Gate allowed entrance to Oxford's Botanic Garden. An example of the "Danby Gate" plate is in the collection of the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, United Kingdom (see accession no. EA1985.10).

Danby Gate plate: some areas of loss to enamel decoration commensurate with age and use, one small hairline crack along edge, some minor spots of surface discoloration; floral plate: some areas of loss to enamel decoration on front, some fluorescence under UV light, including the perimeter of underside- revealing restoration and re-glazing to probable glaze loss and/or previous damages.