Rare Qing QianLong/JiaQing set 5 Chinese Green Plates

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A rare and beautiful set of five Chinese QianLong/JiaQing export porcelain dinner plates with hand-painted enamels in green and black and gilded rims, "Imperial" Qing dynasty - ca. 1780-1880 This set of five dinner plates is breathtaking, and I think I can safely say extraordinarily rare, absolute Museum Level. They come out of a New Jersey estate and have been in the same family for many generations. The pattern is Nanking or Nankin, which was made in China for export to the English market. This pattern is common in blue, but other colors like green, orange or purple are most unusual. A purple plate is displayed in the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. This identical green color and design can be referenced in "Chinese Export Porcelain: Standard Patterns and Forms 1780-1880" by Herbert, Peter, and Nancy Schiffer. ( Book - P.47). While the basic pattern is the same, each plate varies slightly in composition, enameling, and size. Sizes: two measure 9 7/8" in diameter, one measures 9 6/8" in diameter, and two measure 9 1/2". All five have gilded rim edges and thus are often referred to as Imperial Nanking. T are no maker's marks, to be expected with early 19th Century examples such as these. Those plates were confirmed as QianLong/JiaQing Export by Chinese Antique Experts. Each plate's market value is around $400 based on current read more

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