Two series of Chinese famille rose plates
Qianlong (1735-1796)
One series painted to the central roundel with a flower-vase beside a large blooming peony, the rim with shaped panels of flowers reserved on a floral and diaper-pattern ground, eighteen plates 22.5 cm. diam., six plates 25.3 cm. diam.; and a series of octagonal dishes painted with flowering peony in a leaf-shaped panel reserved on a spiral and floral ground embellished with peach-shaped panels of peony and gardenia, one dish 42.5 cm. diam., three 35.5 cm. diam., one 28.5 cm. diam., and six plates 22 cm. diam., chips, cracks and frits (35)
Two series of Chinese famille rose plates
Qianlong (1735-1796)
One series painted to the central roundel with a flower-vase beside a large blooming peony, the rim with shaped panels of flowers reserved on a floral and diaper-pattern ground, eighteen plates 22.5 cm. diam., six plates 25.3 cm. diam.; and a series of octagonal dishes painted with flowering peony in a leaf-shaped panel reserved on a spiral and floral ground embellished with peach-shaped panels of peony and gardenia, one dish 42.5 cm. diam., three 35.5 cm. diam., one 28.5 cm. diam., and six plates 22 cm. diam., chips, cracks and frits (35)
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