A English Delft blue and white octagonal plate, painted in the centre with a view of a Chinese man seated in a field with two similar figures on the rim. London or Bristol 1680-1700. Diameter 21 cm, Literature: a yellow and purple manganese plate in this pattern is discussed and illustrated in Micheal Archer, 'Delftware: the tin-glazed earthenware of the British Isles', page 204, B193, and the origin of the pattern is discussed on page 257.