A Chinese 'Mille-Fleur' Plate.
c.1900.

A Chinese Mille-Fleur style small plate. Decorated with all over design in polychrome enamels and gilding.  The back of the rim decorated with three flower sprays. The centre of the back with the six character reign mark of the Emperor Guangxu (1875-1908) in iron red.  Possibly of the period, or certainly from the first quarter of the 20th.Century.  Measures 16.7cm. diameter
 

Good. Some slight wear to the enamels and gilding.  No cracks or repairs.
 

   A Nanking Cargo Teabowl & Saucer 
 c.1750

A Chinese Eggshell porcelain teabowl and saucer from the famous Nanking cargo. Decorated with a typical lakeland scene in underglaze blue.  The saucer measures 10cm. diameter.  The bowl 5.2cm. diameter and 3.6cm. high.

There is a little restoration to fritting on the rim of both pieces. Typical saltwater erosion to the glaze.

 

A Chinese Export Plate.
 c.1760-80

An Attractive Chinese export porcelain plate. Finely painted in underglaze blue with a rocky lakeland  scene with several boats and tall tower like buildings. The rim decorated with stylized floral lappets filled with diaper, fish roe and whorl patterns The back undecorated and unmarked.  Measures 22.7cm. diameter.

Good.  Some fritting to the rim, mainly to the back edge.  No cracks or repairs.

A Chinese Imari Bowl. 
c.1720-30.
 

A Chinese export porcelain bowl.  Dating from the early 18th.Century.  Charmingly decorated in the Imari palette with a lady and child in a ornamental garden, with a lotus pond and swimming ducks.  The 'Jumping Boy' appears to be holding a toy wind powered spinner. Measures 20cm. diameter.  The bowl has no marks.

Old repairs.  There are two cracks from the rim.  Both cracks are secured with a single staple that was probably added in the 19th.Century.  The damage and repairs are not to noticeable.  Remarkably the brown enamelled rim is free from chips and has only a couple of tiny glaze frits. Some inevitable wear to the gilding.