Very Rare Limehouse Precious Object Pattern Pickle Dish c1745-48

A very rare Limehouse porcelain pickle dish, hand painted in underglaze blue with a precious object pattern c1745-48.

The dish measures 8.8cm in length including the stalk by 11.7cm wide.

Small chip to the underside of the rim, otherwise good.

Unmarked.

Vanzoi Lin Collection.

For an example of this dish in the V&A’s Collection.