DIMENSIONS

Diameter: 9 ¾ inches

 

PROVENANCE

• Bonhams London, November 8, 2004, lot 134

• John Sparks, London (according to label)

• Gustford Park Collection (according to label)

 

CATALOGUE NOTES

A pair of famille verte foliate-rimmed plates, each brightly enameled to the interior with a central medallion enclosing a large butterfly above peony, daisy, and chrysanthemum blooms issuing from rockwork, encircled by a leafy strapwork band, the rim molded with petal-shaped lobes each enameled with a flower-filled ruyi head below an iron-red chevron band. The exterior with thee simple floral sprays, all supported on a short tapering foot.