Two Pair of Chinese Export Famille Rose Mandarin Plates

M. FORD CREECH ANTIQUES

TWO FINE PAIR OF CHINESE EXPORT FAMILLE ROSE MANDARIN PLATES

China, c1760-70

Of shaped and barbed form, painted in famille rose with a Chinese family in a garden terrace, the gentleman in grisaille dress

holding a conch emerging from its shell and a spear, a kylin at his feet, a lady beside with a plate of cakes, as two further ladies

and two children look on, before a river/mountain landscape with houses and pagodas, the shaped rim having black-outlined

vignettes of sanguine landscapes alternating with puce trellis diapering, flowerheads, and gilt foliage

Condition of each pair: Excellent; one plate with small firing flaw in the lower left central field

Front pair: 8 1/4" Diameter (#5480)

Back pair: 8 3/8" Diameter (#5131)

Note: These were purchased at two different times, and photographed under slightly different lighting conditions.

(pictured in front row #5480)

(pictured in back row #5131)

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