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Decorative arts
About this Item
A Chinese Export blue and white octagonal plate, Qianlong period, 1735-1796
rectangular with canted corners, the centre painted with a ribbon-tied posy of peonies, the cavetto decorated with a cell-diaper and spear-head border, the border painted with Buddha’s finger citron, persimmon, double gourds and sprays of peonies and prunus blossoms enclosed by a double blue-line border, rim chip, 32,7cm wide
Provenance
Purchased from Charlotte Horstmann & Gerald Godfrey Ltd, Ocean Terminal, Hong Kong, 1 April 1996.