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Plate, earthenware, circular shape with rounded foot-rim, cushion-moulded sides and spreading rim, a very slightly raised edge to the well, four notches and lobes to the rim; transfer-printed in blue with to the centre of the well the 'Whampoa' pattern, a chinoiserie-style scene showing in the foreground a number of elaborate pagodas linked by bridges and fences with a spreading willow-like tree hanging over them, in the background further pagodas on islands in an expanse of water, border to the rim of flower heads, foliage and scrolls on a scale blue ground.