Chinese Export Mandarin Plate, late 18th/early 19th

Chinese Export Mandarin Plate, late 18th/early 19th Century, decorated in rich polychrome and gold with depiction of courtly personages and crew meeting aboard two small river craft, all within a border of variously colored dragons in dispute of flaming pearls of wisdom, amid swirling clouds.

Diameter 9 ? in.

Provenance: Collection of Gail and Richard Mellin
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