322 - A large Famille Verte octagonal dish

A large Famille Verte octagonal dish Chinese export porcelain Decorated in Famille Verte enamels, the centre depicting two long-tailed birds in flight amongst flowering peony branches, with butterflies and other insects Border decorated with peonies and foliage on a stippled ground, interrupted by four cartouches with crabs and flowering branches, gadrooned edge Kangxi period (1662–1722) (minor restorations to the edge; chips) Diam.: 35 cm