A Chinese Yellow Ground Dish.
Guangxu Period. 1875-1908.

An attractive and very well painted saucer dish 14.8cm. diameter.  Decorated on a yellow ground with stylized clouds, auspicious symbols and four Chinese characters in circular reserves. The centre of the dish with a stylized 'Shou' character (good fortune) surrounded by foaming waves.  The back of the dish decorated with three flower sprays.  Marked with a six character Guangxi reign mark in iron red.

Good no damage,  just a little wear to the rim gilding

A Chinese Famille Rose Plate. 
c.1780. 

A Chinese famille rose plate dating from the last quarter of the 18th.Century.  Decorated in a style that is a mixture of traditional Chinese motifs and late 18th.Century European Neo-classical designs that were in vogue at the time.  The pattern is very similar to English Newhall porcelain of the 1780's and 90's  Measures 21.8cm. diameter.

The plate has one or two minor frits and production faults. There is also a faint 4cm. glaze crack to the back of the rim that does not appear to come through to the front.  Also a little stacking wear to the enamels.

 

A Chinese Imari Plate. 
Kangxi Period, c.1700

An attractive Chinese Imari palette plate dating from the Kangxi period, early 18th. Century. Decorated to the centre with flowers and foliage with chrysanthemum, peony and other flowers. The cavetto and rim with diaper patterns, symbols, and flowering plants. The back of the rim decorated with sprigs and chrysanthemum flower heads. There is a symbol mark within a double circle in underglaze blue. Measures 21.7cm. diameter.
  

A stress crack in the glaze is visible on the back of the plate. It does not appear to come through to the front.
 

A Chinese Qianlong Plate.
c.1760-70.

A Chinese export octagonal plate dating from the early / mid Qianlong period. The rim painted in underglaze blue, iron red and gilt. The centre painted in famille rose enamels with ladies conversing in a terraced garden. The two small ducks in the foreground also seem to be having a conversation!   The back of the plate undecorated and unmarked.  Measures 22.8cm. diameter. 
   

Broken in two and repaired many years ago with metal staples. Now secured with ceramic glue.  A few small frits.