Rare Pair of Quianlong Period Chinese Porcelain Plates Hand Painted in underglaze blue. 

Each decorated with Peony blossoms and foliage with a bonsai tree.

Condition: Good condition with usual fritting around the edges. Plates are typically unmarked.

Diameter: 9" (23cm).

Pair Eur.260.00 Sold

Quianlong Period (1736-1795)

During this period very large quantities of Chinese porcelain were being exported to Western Europe. The Chinese Port of Nanking gives its name to many of the later blue & white pieces. This pair of plates shows a very popular theme of hand paintings as well as of course the very familiar Willow Pattern which shows lakeside landscapes with pagodas, houses and trees. These designs were widely copied and used on English pottery and porcelain throughout the first half of the Nineteenth Century.