Description each centre painted with a flower-filled jardinière within double blue-line borders enclosed by a stylised bamboo and berries border, sienna-glazed rim, the reverse with stylised sprays, fritting chips, 22cm diameter; and another similar, the border decorated with sprays of peonies, chips, hairline cracks, 22,5cm diameter (14)
Condition Report A set of thirteen Chinese blue and white plates, Qianlong period, 1735-1796 Overall age related wear to the rims and minor pinhead firing faults One plate with is a chip to one rim measuring 0,4 by 0,2cm and a hairline crack measuring 5,5cm running from the chip into the body One with a customs paper label, there are firing faults to the foot rim and the base, firing faults to the front 5 by 2cm this appears to be slightly dimpled in appearance, further firing faults to the right of the basket Some with acquisition number L 64/8/1-13 from the period when this was on loan to the Cultural History Museum, Cape Town One with a hairline crack running from the rim to the border measuring 4cm long and a chip to the reverse measuring 0,8 by 0,5cm, firing faults to the base One with a rim hairline crack running into the body measuring 5cm with a chip to the reverse measuring 3 by 6cm One with firing faults to the reverse in two areas, foot rim 2 by 0,5cm and slightly to the left another 5,5 by 1,5cm with further firing faults to the base, minor glaze wear to the front and an area of scratching through the flowers in the basket measuring 2,5 by 0,5cm One with the front with minor wear to the left of the basket, the foot rim with fritting chips the largest measuring 1,5cm long One with the base with firing faults, the front with pinhead and minor firing faults one measuring 0,2 by 0,4cm One with minor wear to the glaze in the area of the flowers of the basket, minor chip to the rim measuring 0,3 by 0,1cm, the reverse with firing faults One with age related wear to the front, fritting chip to the rim measuring 0,3 by 0,2cm, the base with minor firing faults One with wear to the cavetto and to the front, rim chip measuring 0,8 by 0,3cm, firing faults to the inner foot rim, further minor fritting chips One with minor pinheads, chipping and firing faults to the front in the area of the basket and flowers and towards the double line border One with firing faults to the front of the plate in the area of the double blue ring, fritting rim chips the largest measuring 0,5 by 0,4cm One with pinhead firing faults to the front in particular between the blue-line borders, minor fritting chip measuring 0,6 by 0,2cm to the rim, the base with minor firing faults One with minor firing faults to the front in the area of the flowers and the basket, small areas of glaze wear, fritting rim chips, firing crack to the reverse measuring 5cm long ? Another similar There is a hairline crack measuring 5cm long running from the rim into the cavetto The reverse with two chips each measuring 1cm diameter Further fritting chips to the rim There is wear to the area of the ribbons in the centre of the plate measuring 2,5 by 1cm