Lot 160

A Chinese porcelain plate and shallow dish of octagonal shape decorated in underglaze blue with a scene of the Pearl river with a large barge moored along one of the Hongs of Canton which were used as warehouses to supply the Western barges with porcelain, tea and other export wares. A similar scene can be seen on a plate in John Ayers', 'China for the West: Chinese porcelain & other decorative arts for export illustrated from the Mottahedeh Collection' Sotheby, London, 1978, page 207-208, no. 206. China, ca. 1810 -D. 24,5 and 25 cm, the dish with a chip and related hairline crack-