A pair of Dutch-decorated Chinese blue and white plates the porcelain Qing dynasty, Kangxi period, the decoration slightly later

probably decorated in Holland, each painted in the center with two intertwining trees, flanked by a tiger to the right and a boy bearing a spear riding on a water buffalo

One plate with two areas of restoration with overspray at 5 and 7 o'clock, the largest measuring approximately 5 1/4 x 1 1/8 in. (13.3 by 2.8 cm), probably small restored rim chips, and a 1/4 in. fine hairline at 2 o'clock. The other dish with a section out at the rim which broke into two pieces with a restored and oversprayed area of 4 3/4 x 1 5/8 in. (12.1 x 4.1 cm) at 1 o'clock. Two additional hairlines and associated restored areas at 2 o'clock and 9 o'clock extending from the rim, and another restored hairline approx. 5 in. (12.7 cm) with associated overspray and inpainting area near the base of the tree trunk and flowers. Both with slight stacking wear to the enamels
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A famille-verte and Kakiemon style plate with a similarly painted boy on water buffalo, possibly painted by the same hand as the present examples, is illustrated in Helen Espir, European Decoration on Oriental Porcelain 1700-1830, 2005, London, p. 95.