CHINA - QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795) Important part of a porcelain dinner service with famille rose polychrome enamel decoration of a scene depicting a dignitary seated in a boat led by a woman on a river bordered by flowering rocks and shrubs, gold spearhead motifs, the wing decorated with flowers, pomegranates and foliage comprising : - 33 octagonal plates (Diam.: 22 cm), - 16 octagonal soup plates (Diam.: 21.5 cm), - a large octagonal hollow basin (Diam.: 37 cm), - a large rectangular flat dish (L.: 44 cm), - ten rectangular flat dishes in four sizes (L.39 cm to 26 cm), - four rectangular shallow dishes (L.: 24.5 cm), - one oval covered pomegranate-shaped terrine (L.: 38 cm), - two oval sauce boats (L.: 23 cm), - two rectangular covered chimera-shaped butter dishes and their trays (L.: 13 cm and 18 cm). 18th century. Minor accidents. Chips and restorations.