A pair of Chinese blue and white dishes, Qing Dynasty, Kangxi period (1661-1722) each dish with foliate rim and well decorated with butterflies and flowers, chenghua six-character under-glazed blue mark on the base. Together with city of Manchester Art gallery, catalogue of an exhibition of Chinese applied Art: Bronzes, pottery, porcelains, jades, Embroideries, carpets, enamels, Lacquers, Manchester, 1913 29 cm diameter. Literature: city of Manchester Art gallery, catalogue of an exhibition of Chinese applied Art: Bronzes, pottery, porcelains, jades, Embroideries, carpets, enamels, Lacquers, Manchester, 1913, no. 394 & 395, p. 48. Provenance: collection of G. Eumorfopoulos