12 Chinese 18 Century Enameled Porcelain Octagon Plates, 9 Plates with an elaborate scene of a Mandarin Family in their Garden with Lady breast-feeding a baby, and 3 Plates with a scene of a Mandarin Family in their Garden with a Moon Gate, each in bright colors and gold highlights with similar borders. Diameter 9 inches (22.8 cm.). PROVENANCE: A Private Collection from Connecticut.

Age related wear to enamels and to gilding; most with small flakes or tiny nibbles to outside edges, 2 plates with 1 short hairline from outside edge, 1 plate with a star hairline crack to base, and 1 of the 3 plates cracked and restored. NOTE: Any condition statement is given as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Eddie's Auction shall have no responsibility for any error or omission. The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections, or the effects of aging.