Chinese Canton Porcelain Plate Rose Medallion 

Beautiful hand painted in rich enamels over a fine porcelain 

This plate is translucent when held to light

No chips or cracks

Covered with birds and butterflies with roses in 

   traditional aqua chinese medallions with Chinese good luck long life symbols

"The traditional wisdom has it that between around 1890 until c. 1920 all Chinese items that were to be imported into the US was required to be marked with the word "CHINA" as the country of origin (U.S. Stamp Act of 1894).  It is also far from certain that the practice of marking porcelain with the word CHINA actually ended in the 1920."

Measures 7-3/4"