A Chinese porcelain plate painted in famille rose enamels. In the centre, sprays of crimson peony with other blooms; in the well, a pink cell-diaper border with six white blooms; round the rim, two sprays of peony with prunus, and two of pinks with bamboo.

Made in Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province, for export to the West.

Text adapted from Chinese and Japanese Works of Art in the Collection of Her Majesty The Queen: Volume I.