A Chinese, Guangxu Period, imperial porcelain, Dayazhai style plate, decorated to the exterior with finely painted sprays of rose and peach blossom, a black bird flying above with its head turned to it's back, all above a turquoise ground, with a gilt band at the rim, enameled to the exterior with three pink blossoming flowers on scrolling foliage above a translucent ground, with a vertical six character mark in iron-red. D: 7 5/8" (19.8cm) Condition: In fair condition with restored piece approx 4" (10 cm) to the rim Provenance: estate of Judith Applegate ,Princeton, NJ