Plate, excellent condition - Porcelain - China - Qianlong (1736-1795)

o reserve price! Chinese porcelain plate with top quality decoration –China- 18th Century On offer is a very rare top-decorated Chinese porcelain plate dating back to the mid-18th Century. This octagonal shaped plate has an outstanding and detailed decoration at the center, and at the flared border. A lot of gold paint has been used which is still fully present. Hardly no wear, top! At the center a pheasant standing on a nice taihu rock together with colorful peonies. The decoration is encircled in gold with a “spearhead pattern”. At the flared border an alternating decoration of peony flower twigs and insects like a beetle, a grasshopper, a dragonfly and a praying mantis. The whole set of decorations is surrounded by a beautiful band with spiral motifs. After all the rim is nicely finished with gold-ochre (jia mangkou). Yongzheng period quality, very rare! Provenance: This plate has been in our own private collection for over 10 years. Date: early Qianlong period 1740-1760. Size: This plate measure 22,5 cm across. Condition: Excellent! No damage! Will be packed very well and shipped with registered track/trace with insurance. Combined shipping possible, we return postage costs.

Estimate:£252.95

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