A Chinese Imari dish painted and gilt with a butterfly in flight above chrysanthemums, bamboo, blossoming prnus and lotus within a floral and scrolling foliate border -- 13¾in. (35cms) diam, (couple of small rim chips); and a further Chinese Imari dish decorated with sprays of chrysanthemums and lotus -- 13¾in. (35cms) diam, (two hairline cracks, small rim chip), 18th century.

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A Chinese Imari dish painted and gilt with a butterfly in flight above chrysanthemums, bamboo, blossoming prnus and lotus within a floral and scrolling foliate border -- 13¾in. (35cms) diam, (couple of small rim chips); and a further Chinese Imari dish decorated with sprays of chrysanthemums and lotus -- 13¾in. (35cms) diam, (two hairline cracks, small rim chip), 18th century.
See Colour Plate 40. (2)

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