Important South African & International Art, Decorative Arts & Jewellery
Live Auction, 6 March 2017
English Silver, Furniture, Oriental and Cape Silver, Decorative Arts and Furniture
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A Chinese blue and white platter, Qing Dynasty, Qianlong (1735-1796)
rectangular, with canted sides painted with a pair of birds before a balustraded fence enclosing 'The Three Friends', the cavetto with scroll and spearhead border, the rim with butterflies, flowers and cell-diaper panels, chips to the rim, 30cm wide; and another example, similar, the centre painted with sprays of flowers, chips to the rim, 28,5cm wide