M. FORD CREECH ANTIQUES

FINE PAIR OF CHINESE EXPORT FAMILLE ROSE PLATES

Qianlong, c.1760-70

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Of shaped and barbed form, painted in famille rose and rust 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 shapes rim

having black-outlined vignettes of sanguine landscapes alternating with puce diapering, flowerheads and gilt foliage

Condition: excellent; one with firing flaw in center field; enamels in excellent condition

8-3/16" D

Price: Please Inquire

#5480

For an identical pair see lot #5131:

(pictured in back row)

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