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Plate, earthenware, slightly inset base, circular shape with curving sides and spreading rim, eight lobes and notches to the rim; transfer-printed in blue with the 'Willow' pattern, to one side of the design three figures cross a bridge with a boat in the background, to the other side is a willow tree with a pagoda and further trees beyond it and a zig-zag oriental fence in the foreground, two birds fly over the scene, a border to the well composed of alternating panels of criss-cross lines against a blue ground and panels of diaper pattern, a diaper border to the rim with elaborate floral scrolls, wheel shapes and geometric shapes.