18th Century Chinese Export Marriage Platter

Chinese plate, 18th century Measures: H. 2 Dia. 23 cm H. 0.7 Dia. 9 in.

A fine and unusual Chinese Export blue and white decorated porcelain leaf-shaped dish or charger, Qianlong Period, mid 18th century, circa 1760, China. The dish or charger of intriguing leaf-shaped form, with serated edges, and set upon a short foot. The shape seemingly based on a Meissen design. The porcelain decorated with a courting scene of a couple in a garden setting. They are surrounded by flowering bushes and trees. Butterflies draw nectar from the flowers, while dragonflies flit above. In the foreground are a pair of very plump quail. Decorated in underglaze blue enamel on a white ground, the blue and white decoration actually is based an Kakiemon pattern of the same period. So in short, we have a Chinese porcelain piece based on a German Meissen form...

Antique 18th century Chinese plate.

A rare and unusual Chinese Qianlong porcelain plate hand decorated in puce with a floral border and with small insects around a central floral design. The plate has a stained rim and has various paper labels to the base establishing its provenance. Provenance: from the Helen Espir collection of fine Chinese porcelain and originally supplied by renowned London Asian art dealers...

An exceptional antique Chinese Qianlong porcelain plate decorated in underglaze blue and overpainted in red and green glazes with light gilding with...

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Rare early Canton Chinese Export porcelain Rose Medallion bowl with lid. Features include outstanding intricately painted birds, flower...

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Set of six Chinese porcelain plates from the 18th to the 19th century. From an Imari plate, a plate of the India Company or a plate "Blanc Bleu", travel through the centuries and sty...