A Chinese blue and white octagonal plate painted to the centre with two egrets in a fenced rocky garden below stylised foliage around the rim -- 8in. diam; a blue and white plate painted with a central spray of flowers tied with a ribbon -- 9in. diam; a Samson famille rose plate painted and gilt with a central coat of arms surrounded by alternating shaped panels of flowers -- 9¼in. diam; a Kaga pierced foliate dish painted and gilt with an official seated in an interior -- 8in. diam; and three Cantonese plates. (7)