A Pair of Chinese Export Porcelain Plates

Late 18th or early 19th century, porcelain hand painted with Mandarin figures gathered on a terrace with dog, a seaside landscape in the background, the surrounding border with shaped reserves alternating with purple landscapes and birds and flowers all against a gilt scroll ground.

1 in., 9 in. diameter

From a Private Collection, Washington, D.C.

Good estate condition; underside may have some restoration.