Two Chinese Famille Rose Porcelain Plates. The first painted with a procession of young boys performing a dragon dance, playing gongs, drums and cymbals, further figures in the pavilion, the underside decorated with foliate motifs in copper red; the second embellished with butterflies amidst lotus and peach sprays, within a pale blue-ground border of ruyi pendants, the underside with copper-red foliate bamboo sprigs. {Diameter of the largest: 13 3/4 (34.9 cm)}. Condition: Both plates with some surface wear, sporadic enamel losses. The second with chips to the rim.