Dos platos de porcelana china azul y blanco, dinastía Qing Glazed ceramic with white background and underglaze blue decorations. The first has a rim divided into ten flat faces. Decorated inside by a central ensign with two characters in a lake. Framed by a double blue circle and a continuous scene of flowers and branches, as on the reverse. On the base it shows a mark inside a thin blue circle. The second plate shows a slightly lobed profile with a central image of branches and fruits, and a border decorated with successive motifs. One of them with a mark on the base. Height: 4 cm; 4,9 cm; Diameter: 15,6 cm; 15,1 cm

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