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Five small Chinese Imari oblong octagonal meat dishes
painted and gilt with birds among pine and peony branches issuing from behind fences and rockwork within borders flowersprays and geometric motifs -- 10½.in (26.7cm) wide, 18th Century, (two chipped to rims, one cracked and rivetted); and a similar shaped basin painted with chrysanthemumand peony sprays -- 11¼.in (28.5cm) wide, 18th Century, (cracked and rivetted).
See Colour Plate 34. (6)
painted and gilt with birds among pine and peony branches issuing from behind fences and rockwork within borders flowersprays and geometric motifs -- 10½.in (26.7cm) wide, 18th Century, (two chipped to rims, one cracked and rivetted); and a similar shaped basin painted with chrysanthemumand peony sprays -- 11¼.in (28.5cm) wide, 18th Century, (cracked and rivetted).
See Colour Plate 34. (6)