A wonderful and rare Swansea porcelain comport/basket dating to 1815-1817.The comport is potted in the finest duck-egg translucent porcelain and beautifully decorated in colourful “Mandarin” Chinoiserie pattern.The pattern is very interesting - central part is printed and painted with oriental figures, possibly a family on a riverbank before a pavilion, but we also can see European looking buildings at the background. It all is surrounded by a border with panels of birds on a gilt scrollwork ground spaced by red ‘pencilled’ scenes and finished off with lavish gold handles.The comport marked to the reverse, and the pattern is well-documented, known as pattern 164 and can be found in WD John Swansea Porcelain book, plate 8.Dimensions: 31.5x20.5 cm and 7 cm high.Condition: excellent antique condition, without any losses or repairs and hardly any wear to gilt.A fine example of Georgian Welsh Swansea porcelain for a fine collection.Payments:Purchases can be ...