plate

Circular plate with scalloped edge, convex, slightly lobed, sides rising from flat centre; tall triangular footrim. Clear glaze over white body.
Printed blue-black outline overpainted in coloured enamels: red, pink, yellow, greens, buff: in centre, a chinoiserie scene: two standing figures, one in red jacket holding red & yellow parasol over second figure in gree; a third figure, also in green prostrates himself on mat before others; fretwork fences, a tree entwined with flowering stem, temple on cliff; in foreground, a flowering stem, a pot and an open box. Fretwork border with five half-flower-heads on buff band.