Early 19th Century Porcelain Plate, Canton, China, Iron Red And Gold Decoration With Birds, Butterflies, And Flowers

We are pleased to offer you this beautiful plate or small dish made of Chinese porcelain, which dates back to the early 19th century.
It is decorated with rich iron-red paintwork, featuring motifs of birds, butterflies, peaches symbolising longevity, beetles, flowers, fruits and foliage, all enhanced with gold.
As these gold highlights are difficult to photograph and therefore hard to see in the photos, I have included two darker, backlit shots among the photos, which will allow you to better see these gold highlights that greatly add to the beauty of this antique Chinese porcelain plate.
The item is in good condition and the porcelain sounds perfectly fine.
Nevertheless, there is a firing defect near the centre, on the head of a bird; there is also significant wear on the gold border around the tip of the wing (affecting half of its outer perimeter), and slight wear on a small part of the decoration on the wing, affecting 1/5 of its circumference.

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