A Chinese Export blue & white dish, c.1775.
The dish is of rectangular form with canted corners. The
central design with a Chinese river scene with a three story house in
the foreground surrounded with a tree and a bamboo plant. In the
background mountains and another house. A singles figure crosses a
bridge in the centre. The border design is an alternating pattern of
a scale pattern a scrolling flowers with a floral garland suspended
below.
Diameter: 15 inches (38cm) x 11 1/4 inches .