PAIRE  OF  PLATES .       23 cm.

Octagonal  rim indented at the moulded corners.  Decorated in Famille Rose, illustratin " floating flowers & plants,  predominently " pomegranate & hibiscus " .  The design is known as " Pseudo Tobacco Leaf  " .

Period :      QIANLONG   :    ca.   1770 .

Refer.:  " China for the West " ,  Howard & Ayers , II , nrs.  555 & 556 .
            "  Chinese Ceramic Trade in the British Museum " , R. Krahl &
               J. Harrisson,  p. 143 .

Perfect  condition .