SET OF SIX CHINESE EXPORT DEEP SOUP PLATES 'Cormorant & Magpie', Probably Swedish Market, Qianlong, c1750
Of fluted form, the center well painted in famille rose with turquoise, iron red, bianco sopra bianco and gilt in a variant of the 'Cormorant and Magpie' decoration, with a blossoming prunus branch and lotus pads issuing further flora, the two cormorants, one in flight, protecting their young from the intruding magpie, each in gilt and iron red; the rim with a gilt leafy trailing vine border
Condition: Excellent
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