FOUR CHINESE EXPORT ARMORIAL OCTAGONAL PLATES, QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD, CIRCA 1760 |

each painted in the center with the arms of Wood 

Collection of Donald H. Garbow, San Francisco, CA and Portland, OR

One:
The M. H. de Young Memorial Museum, San Francisco, Luxury for the West: Chinese Export Porcelain from Bay Area Collections, July 18, 1990- January 20, 1991, no. T#90.51.49 

Three plates with minor chips and frits around the rim and edges, and one plate with a long crack across the center with associated overpainting and spray, as well as a restored chip to the rim. All with minor stacking wear.
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For the arms, see David Sanctuary Howard, Chinese Armorial Porcelain, Vol. I, London, 1974, p. 552, Q4.