A famille verte plate

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A famille verte plate
painted to the centre with insects in flight above peonies and magnolia, the rim with floral cartouches on a flowerhead ground -- 8¼in. (21cm.) diam, Kangxi; and a Chinese Imari plate with a jardiniere of flowers within a border of peony sprays -- 9in. (23cm.) diam, 18th Century, (the first with fritting to rim, the second restored).
See Colour Plate 32 for one. (2)

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