A set of six large blue and white plates with figures, Kangxi period, ca. 1700, China, Each plate similarly decorated with a scene of travellers in a landscape. The border made up of flower filled cartouches. Marked with a 'Mandarin mark of honour' within a double circle. D 27.5 cm, Rim frits and chips. One plate with a small hole (manufacturing flaw; see last close-up photos). No hairlines and no restoration.