Chinese Qianlong Blue & White Plate with Building & Bird - Ex K J Allison

Offered for sale is this antique Chinese blue and white plate dating from the reign of the emperor Qianlong (1735-1796), that is during the Qing Dynasty. This is quite an attractive hand painted plate with a building set within a landscape surrounded by vegetation. As can be seen there are birds on both sides of the building. The plate probably dates from around 1750. This plate originally came from the K. J. Allison collection, a historian and noted collector of antique Chinese blue and white porcelain. On the rear is affixed here collection label, which is number 44. The plate measures approximately 9 inches or nearly 23cm wide.