Two Chinese porcelain Dutch-decorated plates 1st half 18th century

Two Chinese porcelain Dutch-decorated plates 1st half 18th century, originally left in the white, later-enamelled in Holland, one with a bird perched on a flowering branch before peony stems, the other with a bird in flight and one perched on branches of prunus, all in a rich famille rose palette, 21cm. (2)

Provenance: the Helen Espir Collection, nos. 972 and 643.

Illustrated: Helen Espir, European Decoration on Oriental Porcelain, p.107, pl.41 for one of the plates.