A set of five Chinese blue and white export octagonal porcelain plates

A set of five Chinese blue and white export porcelain octagonal plates, Qianlong (1736-1795), each decorated with an island tea house and a flight of birds within a plantain leaf band and willow tree and peony border, the underside with two simple branch meanders, fritted rims, 21.5cm wide and a set of three Nanking blue and white porcelain plates, 19th century, each decorated with a figure on a bridge before a pagoda island landscape within multiple borders of auspicious motifs and cell diapers, 22cm diameter (8)

Condition Report
Octagonal plates

No 1-minor nibbles to edge
No2-fritting to edge
No3-some scuffing to well and chip to back
No 4-fritting to edge
No 5-hairline crack

Round plates- good order

Light surface scratches commensurate with age and daily use

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