Chinese imperial Doucai plate, painted in underglaze blue and enamelled to the interior with a floral medallion encircled by floral strrapwork divided by five Lanca characters, all within a Lanca band at the rim, the exterior similarly deocrated, the base with a four character "Cai Hua Tang Zhi" mark in iron redD:6 5/8"(16.8 cm)Catalogue note: the mark Cai Hua Tang Zhi may be translated as "Hall of Brilliant colours" ,see G. Davison, the handbook of Marks on Chinese Ceramics, no664, p.173, where the author notes that the mark was sued during the reigns of Qianlong and Jiaqing EmperorsEstate of a North California collector, acquired circa 1980s, thence by descentLink to HD Natural Light photos: Click here for high resolution imagesCondition: Condition: in good overall condition with no trace of damage, a short glazed line to the rim.