A rare Dutch Delft 'South Sea Bubble' plate, circa 1725-30, painted in blue with a dancing clown flanked by the inscription 'Loop axsies', within chain and fruit borders, 22.4cm diameter (cracked)/Note: This plate commemorates the scandal of the South Sea Bubble, and depicts a Harlequin gambling on the stock-market, the design is known on Chinese Export porcelain/Provenance: from the Henry Sandon Study Collection