Bidspirit auction | Chinese Export Romance Plate

Chinese Export Romance Plate - Chinese export porcelain plate, Qianlong ca. 1760. Decorated in famille rose along the center with two ladies seated in a pavilion, a gentleman in the garden outside, and two ducks in the foreground. Surrounded in underglaze blue along the rim with flowering vines and butterflies. The central scene possibly depicting a scene from the play ”Romance of the Western Chamber.” Provenance: Douglas Lorie Inc., Palm Beach, 23 February 1995; The Distinguished Collection of Leo & Doris Hodroff. Diameter: 8 3/4 in. Condition: There are several minute repaired chips to the rim. Light surface wear. Some light losses to the gilt. Light wear to the footrim. There are no cracks.