Two Sets of Chinese Export Porcelain Soup Bowls and Plates

mid 18th century, two pairs of octagonal shaped plates with soup bowls, the first a soup bowl and plate are hand painted with large peony blossoms and ribbons, the dimpled rim border populated with gilt stars, and the second a soup bowl and plate are hand painted with scenic Chinese seaside landscapes in polychrome enamels, the cavetto with gilt ruyi head pattern, the wide dimpled rims with floral decoration.
Largest 9 in. diameter
From a Private Collection, Washington, D.C.
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Each with a chip or nicks to rim; both bowls with a hairline to rim; the peony plate with professional restoration to rim, some with paper labels to underside.