Twelve famille rose plates decorated with birds


18th centuryComprising: a set of four enamelled with a pheasant below flowering peony issuing from rockwork within ornate fruit and flower border, 23cm diameter; a pair decorated with a pair of magpies among peony, with flowers and auspicious objects to rim, (one hairline), 22.5cm diameter; a pair with pair of songbirds among peony and magnolia, 23.2cm diameter; an octagonal plate and matching soup plate each decorated with a crane in a garden, with ducks to rim, 22.4cm and 21.8cm wide; a single example of a cockerel and butterfly among peony within broad floral border at rim, 23cm diameter; and another enamelled with a scroll depicting magpies reserved on a ground of antiques on bianco sopra bianco prunus pattern, (star crack), 22.7cm diameter.(12).