Late 18th C. Chinese Export Platter with Monogram, Armorial Coat of Arms and Staple Repair girl with china doll photo clearly by the same artist

clearly by the same artist

so one could arrange little scenes inside to unlid and view from above

Once separated from their binding

then square divided by color into four quadrants opening out to four gateways

Late 18th C. Chinese Export Platter with Monogram, Armorial Coat of Arms and Staple Repair girl with china doll photo clearly by the same artistI picked up this porcelain plate platter because it is clearly quite fine and I think very lovely, and was then delighted to find an old staple repair on the reverse. While one certainly sees much more dramatic (Frankenstein ian, really!) staple repairs than this, which indeed are quite amazing, this to me is an interesting example for how cleanly and expertly done it was (and it gave me an excuse to dig in a bit more to the history and varieties of