A CHINESE EXPORT FAMILLE-ROSE OCTAGONAL LARGE PLATE circa 1735-40

painted with two crested birds perched on the branches of a tree peony, the cavetto with a grisaille cell diaper border, and the rim with four fruit-, fan- or leaf-shaped panels of flowers alternating with pale turquoise ruyi-head quatrefoil devices amidst gilt blossoms and scrolling foliage within a pale green trellis diaper band at the gilt edge. Restored chip.

The William Martin-Hurst Collection

New York, International Asian Art Fair, 2002

A restored chip on edge at 7:30 with overpaint on back, minute flake to edge of enamel at 8 o'clock, a 1/4-inch shallow chip on edge at 3:30 – probably original, center with a few minor stress cracks in glaze, very minor wear in birds's crests and one tail. Remnant of a Martin Hurst sticker.
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A very similar dish, also formerly in the Martin-Hurst Collection, was sold at Sotheby's in Monte Carlo on June 23, 1986, lot 1347.