A PAIR OF CHINESE GILT-DECORATED BLUE AND WHITE 'BOTANICAL' PLATES C.1740 After a design by Maria Sybille Merian, each painted with caterpillars and butterflies crawling on and flying amidst flag irises, all surrounded by scrolling foliate borders, 23.2cm. (2) Cf. J Harrison-Hall and R Krahl, Ancient Chinese Trade Ceramics from the British Museum, London, Ming and Qing Porcelain for the West, pp.186-7 for comparable examples of similar design in the collection of the British Museum in London.
A PAIR OF CHINESE GILT-DECORATED BLUE AND WHITE 'BOTANICAL' PLATES C.1740 After a design by Maria Sybille Merian, each painted with caterpillars and butterflies crawling on and flying amidst flag irises, all surrounded by scrolling foliate borders, 23.2cm. (2) Cf. J Harrison-Hall and R Krahl, Ancient Chinese Trade Ceramics from the British Museum, London, Ming and Qing Porcelain for the West, pp.186-7 for comparable examples of similar design in the collection of the British Museum in London.
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