A Matched Pair of Large Chinese Millefleurs Porcelain Chargers

Republic period (1912-1949), large porcelain chargers hand painted in polychrome enamels and gilt with a myriad of lush flora, each with apocryphal reign marks in iron red to underside, presented together with carved wooden stands.

Each 2 x 13 1/8 in. diameter

From the Collection of Helen Rindlbacher Ward, and by descent
Helen Rindlbacher Ward was born in Shanghai in 1936 to German parents, her father was one of the few foreigners who worked at the Chinese Aluminium Rolling Mills, Ltd company. Her family returned to Germany in 1955, and Helen moved to the United States in 1965 after marrying an Army officer. The Chinese artworks in this collection were all acquired in Shanghai during the 1930s-1950s.

Good estate condition.