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Famille verte palette with enamels over the glaze. Central design with holey rock, flowers, two butterflies and smaller insects and sun or moon. Rim sectioned into four by double red lines, each part decorated with seasonal flowers (plum, chrysanthemum, lotus and peony). Inner side of ring with double ring in red, outer side of rim with double lines in lobed design. On reverse, within footring double ring in underglaze blue and leaf motif (artemesia?).

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