A Pair of Famille Rose Plates LIKELY REPUBLIC PERIOD OR EARLIER each of circular form, finely painted with pink and white blossoms and leafy branches extending to the wells and continuing onto the underside, two butterflies hovering above the branches, all reserved on a white ground, each bearing a six-character Yongzheng mark in underglaze blue within double rings to the underside. Diameter 8 1/4 inches.

Property from the Estate of Frank G. Mertes, Sr., Winona, Minnesota, Heir to the Assets of J.R. Watkins