A PAIR OF CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE PLATES QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722) Each painted with three magpies in flight and perched amongst prunus branches surrounded by bands of phoenix on seeded green grounds, each with inventory labels 'X 135'24cm diameter (2) Provenance:This pair of plates does not appear in the RHRP Ledger, but were valued by Christie's at probate in 1970 and assigned the reference number (X) 135 as being of pre-eminent quality and outstanding national importance. The label on the underside stating; 'K'ang Hsi period 1662-1723 (sic)' suggests that the pair were almost certainly bought by W. Howard and Ada Palmer and passed to Reginald Howard Reed Palmer in 1953 upon the death of Ada.清康熙 五彩喜上眉梢圖折沿盤一對拍品來源：英國帕瑪家族顯赫私人收藏；這對餐具並未出現在家族收藏檔案中，但在1970 年被佳士得遺囑認証目錄中,參考編號(X)135，因其藝術和歷史文化價值廣受讚譽。盤底的康熙款表明，其很可能最初由 W. Howard和Ada Palmer購買，並於1953年Ada去世後傳給Reginald Palmer

in good condition other than very minute pin head rim chips typical firing blemishes