Each center colorfully decorated in the classic pattern with two long-tailed pheasants and a tree shrew, the pierced trellis border relief-molded with blue flower-heads
10 in. (25.5 cm.) long

Santos, London (per label).
The Jarras Collection; Christie's, London, 13 June 1990, lot 83.
Acquired from the above by Ann and Gordon Getty.

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For a pair in a similar shape and border, see D. Howard, J. Ayers, China for the West, New York, 1978, II, p. 544, no. 558, where the authors note that 'in their shape and ornamental borders they follow English porcelain models (which in turn derive from Meissen), and most closely resemble wares made c.1760-1770 at the English factory of Derby'.