An Imari oval dish with reticulated rim painted and gilt with Buddhist lions and chrysanthemums -- 11½in. wide; and a Chinese export dish painted in green enamels and gilt with butterflies and birds among flowers and fruit surrounding a central crest and motto 'Audentior Ito' -- 9¾in. diam, circa 1810.

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An Imari oval dish with reticulated rim painted and gilt with Buddhist lions and chrysanthemums -- 11½in. wide; and a Chinese export dish painted in green enamels and gilt with butterflies and birds among flowers and fruit surrounding a central crest and motto 'Audentior Ito' -- 9¾in. diam, circa 1810.
The crest is of Forbes. (2)

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