Three Chinese powder-blue ground gilt-decorated dishes Qing dynasty, 18th century

each with shallow sides rising from a tapered foot to a wide everted rim, the interior painted in gilt with Magu accompanied by a deer and a boy in a garden landscape, all encircled by scattered floral sprays and a floral and cash band, reserved on a powder-blue ground, the rim dressed in brown; together with a similarly decorated punch bowl

The punch bowl with a section of the rim broken and restuck, there are four rim cracks, and associated restoration to these areas. There are some other minor rim chips. The gilded decoration to all pieces show signs of wear, there are general glaze firing imperfections and surface scratches.
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