Chinese Export Bowl with Butterfly and Flower Motif

China

Qing dynasty (1644-1912), Jiaqing period (1796-1820)

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Tri-color diced jasper (green, yellow, and white) bell pull
Bust three-quarters right in general's uniform with fur mantle.
Small cast-iron pocket watch holder on octagonal base with an oval surface with beaded edge and designed to look like the ripples on water, the stem comprised of two intertwined, scaly, dolphin-like sea creatures whose tails extend up to support the holder for the pocket watch, this in the form of a shell with wavy edges and a central round opening with beaded border, the back of the holder with a row of leaves that form a support for the watch.
Trophy plate of white jasper with black jasper dip and applied white and yellow jasper relief decoration, with a central vignette of the Muses Grooming Pegasus surrounded by scrolled ribbon and vine banding, the border with an engine-turned pattern featuring bands of white jasper with applied small yellow jasper quatrefoils intersected by black stripes with scrolling foliage, with a band of florets around the rim.