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97.

PAIR   OF   PLATES .   16 cm.

Semi -eggshell . Pure white porcelain, painted with very subtil  FAMILLE  ROSE enamels . In the center a cluster of flowers and fruit ( chrysantemum and lychees ), with green leafs. On the border 3 flowering branches .

On the backside: rim  :  RUBY- BACK, very evenly applied .

Period :          YONGZHENG  :     1723 - 1735 .

Provenance:   Collection  H.M. KNIGHT ( Scheveningen ) .
                        Salomon STODEL ( Amsterdam ) ,  1991 .

Refer.:   " Importante Collection  de la Cie.des Indes et de la Chine , "
               Sotheby Parke Bernet , Monaco , sale  27/05/1980, cat. 1037.

             " The Book of the Famille Rose ",   G. Williamson , pl. XXXV.

             " Victoria & Albert Museum , London ", catal. 1962, n° 549.

             "  Important Chinese Ceramics : the Property of mrs. Alfred
                Clark " ,  Sotheby's London ,  25/03/ 1975 , cat. 127 .
             

Very rare collector's  plates . 1 with a tiny rim-frit, 1 with a small rim-restoration.