18th century, hand painted in underglaze blue decoration in China and enhanced with bright overglaze polychrome enamels and gilt in Europe, featuring allover foliate decoration, one plate with landscape scene to the center and a spring green ground to border populated with colorful butterflies, the second decorated with a scholar's table and items to the center encircled by an iron red diamond border, the rim with bamboo and floral blooms.

Diameter 11 1/4 in., 10 5/8 in.

From a Private Collection, Washington, D.C.

One charger with a chip to foot rim and some scattered areas of repainting to surface.