A PAIR OF CHINESE EXPORT FAMILLE-ROSE OCTAGONAL PLATES circa 1735

each painted with two cocks perched on a rock amidst peonies and eyeing a butterfly, the rim with a pink cell diaper border reserved with four blue enamel floral panels within a green trellis diaper band and a gilt line around the edge. One with a tiny chip on one corner. 

One with a 2mm chip on the upper edge of the corner at 2 o'clock, both with small spots in borders where enamels shrunk and did not take to surface.
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An identical pair of plates was sold at Christie's in London on April 28, 1999, lot 128.