Two Blue and White Porcelain Plates QING DYNASTY (1644-1912) the larger example decorated with a bird underneath flowering branches, the underside bearing a rabbit-form mark; the smaller one having underglaze blue, famille rose and gilt decorated fruiting pomegranates and winged bats enclosing a central shou character, the underside bearing an apocryphal Jiajing four-character mark. Diameter of larger 7 1/2 inches.