Casgliadau Arlein

Plate, earthenware, circular shape, narrow foot-rim slanting inwards with an incised ring around it, curving sides and spreading rim, a raised edge to the well; transfer-printed in blue with to the centre of the well the 'Whampoa' pattern, a chinoiserie-style scene showing in the foreground a number of elaborate pagodas linked by bridges and fences with a spreading willow-like tree hanging over them, in the background further pagodas on islands in an expanse of water, border to the rim of flower heads, foliage and scrolls on a scale blue ground.