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Lot 1005
A Pair of Export Porcelain Rose Mandarin Serving Platters
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
18th century, porcelain hand painted in mostly dark orange, purple, and green enamels, octagonal oval form with dimpled corners, border with shaped vignettes alternating between scenic landscapes in dark orange and delicate pink flowers, all against a purple diaper ground, the central scene of a group of noble men and their attendants on a veranda overlooking a scenic mountainous landscape over a lake, unglazed underside.

1 3/8 in. x 14 1/4 x 11 1/4 in.

Private Collection, Greensboro, North Carolina

Overall good estate condition; some minor losses to gilt and surface enamels from use.