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Three similar Cantonese square dishes
with canted corners, one painted and gilt with various fish swimming in a pond amongst lotus flowers and aquatic weeds, another with dignitaries and attendants at leisure on the terrace of a pavilion, and the third with exotic birds amongst flowers, all within borders of peonies, chrysanthemums and trellis designs -- 9in. (23.5cm.) wide, 19th Century, (all cracked).
See Back Cover Illustration for one. (3)
with canted corners, one painted and gilt with various fish swimming in a pond amongst lotus flowers and aquatic weeds, another with dignitaries and attendants at leisure on the terrace of a pavilion, and the third with exotic birds amongst flowers, all within borders of peonies, chrysanthemums and trellis designs -- 9in. (23.5cm.) wide, 19th Century, (all cracked).
See Back Cover Illustration for one. (3)