Kavel 1891

A pair of Chinese porcelain plates of octagonal shape decorated in underglaze blue, centrally depicting a boat on the river passing a house along the shore, a pagoda in the background, the flat rim with geometric and floral designs divided by butterflies. Provenance: numbered BL 2 and BL3 for the Bokma room of Douwe Egberts Museum, Joure, the Netherlands. China, Qianlong period (1736-1795) -D. 23,5 cm, rim frittings, one with a small chip to the reverse and related hairline crack-