Description
A FAMILLE ROSE 'TOBACCO LEAF' FOLIATE LEAF-SHAPED PLATE Qianlong, circa 1760-1780 Painted in rich enamels with brightly-colored large serrated leaves in underglaze-cobalt-blue, lime green, turquoise and pink with gilt highlights, a composite hibiscus (rose mallow) flower-head dominating one side (and unusually set over the underglaze blue leaf in a reverse...