Dish with rocks, flowers, and birds 1725–30 Chinese, for European, probably French, market In addition to the standard motif of rocks, flowers, and birds, several of the Eight Treasures—which originated in Buddhist art but are here employed as general symbols of good fortune—decorate the molded rim of the plate, whose shape was copied from contemporaneous French Dish with rocks, flowers, and birds 208285

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