TWO CHINESE EXPORT PORCELAIN RUBY-BACK QUAIL PLATES

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TWO CHINESE EXPORT PORCELAIN RUBY-BACK QUAIL PLATES
YONGZHENG PERIOD

One finely enamelled with three birds pecking for food beside a blue rock growing with pink chrysanthemum and magnolia blossoms, the other with a butterfly hovering near pink chrysanthemum and above three quail, both with pink cell pattern rims (one broken and restored, the other with very long crack)--8¼in. (21cm.) diam. (2)