Chinese Export Dinner Service in Famille-Verte Palette, 1910

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A Chinese export dinner service in the 'famille-verte' palette, circa 1910 (44). A Chinese export dinner service in the 'famille-verte' palette, circa 1910 decorated with roosters and birds in a garden landscape, comprising eight dinner plates, eight soup bowls, eight side plates, seven spoons, two graduated oval serving plates, eight cups, three sauce bowls (44) the large serving plate 42 cm diameter; the small serving plate 37 cm diameter; the dinner plates 25 cm diameter; the bowls 22 cm diameter; the side plates 18 cm diameter; the sauce bowls 9.5 cm diameter; the spoons 14 cm long. Property from the Collection of Dame Nellie Melba GBE

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Circa - A Latin term meaning 'about', often used in the antique trade to give an approximate date for the piece, usually considered to be five years on either side of the circa year. Thus, circa 1900 means the piece was made about 1900, probably between 1895 and 1905. The expression is sometimes abbreviated to c.1900.

This item has been included into following indexes:

Chinese ceramics, export ware
- export ware, bowls and dishes 273
- export ware, plates 189
Chinese ceramics, famille - bowls and dishes, famille verte 109
Chinese ceramics, famille decoration - famille verte, Wucai, other 283
Chinese ceramics, item type
- dinner sets 34
- gravy/sauce boats 38
- plates 833
Melba, Dame Nellie (Australia) - property from the collection of Dame Nellie 141

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