Description
Three Chinese famille rose plates, painted with figures in various pursuits, the borders with bats, sea creatures and insects and birds amidst lotus, the backs brightly enamelled with butterflies on a green ground, each with an iron red Daoguang seal mark and of the period 1821-1850, one with a large rim chip, 19cm. (3)
Provenance: Acquired by John Reeves after his arrival in Canton in 1812, and thence by descent.
