Antique Worcester Porcelain Bowl With Dragon In Compartments Decoration, C. 1815

An early nineteenth-century English porcelain bowl produced at the Worcester Porcelain Manufactory during the prestigious Flight, Barr & Barr period. The form is finely potted in light hard-paste porcelain with gently rising sides and a subtle gilt rim.

The bowl is decorated in the famous Dragon in Compartments pattern. The exterior presents four lobed cartouches with a dragon and a qilin separated by reserves of symbolic precious objects. The interior repeats the composition with four identical panels of auspicious objects arranged symmetrically, forming the complete version of this celebrated Worcester design adapted to a bowl shape.

Inspired by Chinese Kangxi famille-verte porcelain, this pattern became one of Worcester’s most respected decorative schemes from the late eighteenth century into the Regency period.

A collector’s label from “The Flight Collection”, numbered 127, confirms provenance from the historic Flight family collection of Worcester porcelain.

Dimensions:
Height 7 cm; diameter 16 cm

Condition:
Ideal antique condition.

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