A PAIR OF CHINESE EXPORT UNDERGLAZE BLUE, GILT, AND IRON RED DECORATED IMARI STYLE PORCELAIN SOUP PLATES, JINGDEZHEN, CHINA, CIRCA 1760-1780, the deep plates with a partially cut underglaze blue outlined pomegranate at the center of the well, with gilt highlighted iron red seeds and peach body, wrapped by an underglaze blue branch with iron red, gilt, and peach flowers and leaves, the rim with ogee shaped underglaze blue ground with reserved floral and leaf decoration , gilt rim, the verso with flowering branch decoration along the rim, bearing paper label marked "No 093/7." Diameter: 8 3/8"

One plate with old staple restored crack (staples removed), the other plate with surface fracture, both mounted with metal hangers.

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