FIVE CHINESE IRON RED AND WHITE PORCELAIN PLATES,19th century. Painted to depict bird and floral decoration. - 10 in. diam. Estimate $500-700
PROVENANCE: Estate of Thomas Eliot Weil, Washington DC, American Consul in Chong Qing in the 1930s-1940s. Vice-Consul at Canton, 1937-1938. Third Secretary of Embassy at Nanking 1938-1941, Vice-Consul at Shanghai 1941, in Japanese custody seven months.
